Month: May 2020

Universal 295: Original In all languages: if there is VSO, SVO, SOV, an auxiliary verb, which can occupy the position before and after the main…

Universal 294: Original In all languages: if there is VSO, SVO, SOV, then the verb has prefixes and suffixes. Standardized IF basic order is VSO,…

Universal 293: verb agreement (DO) ⇒ verb agreement (SUBJ) Original In all languages: if the verb agrees with the direct object, it agrees with the…

Universal 292: verb agreement (OBL) ⇒ verb agreement (DO) Original In all languages: if the verb agrees with the oblique object, it agrees with the…

Universal 291: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V article Original If there are ezâfe constructions, there is possessive declension (pronominal enclitics or proclitics with the meaning…

Universal 290: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V pronominal enclitics Original If there are ezâfe constructions, then there is possessive declension or there are pronominal enclitics…

Universal 289: postconsonantal aspiration ⇒ prevocalic aspiration; Original Prevocalic aspiration is typologically more frequent than postconsonantal aspiration. Standardized IF there is postconsonantal aspiration, THEN there…

Universal 288: causative morpheme expresses permissiveness ⇒ causative morpheme expresses factitivity Original If a causative morpheme in any language can express permissiveness, it can usually…

Universal 287: verb morpheme ‘dativus commodi’ ⇒ causative morpheme Original If there is a verb morpheme with the meaning of dativus commodi, there is a…

Universal 286: Original If a causative morpheme is unproductive in relation to transitives, forming from them a relatively small (closed) group of trivalent causatives, among…