Month: May 2020

Universal 255: number (noun) ⇒ the same number (pronoun) Original If there exists a regular number distinction in a language, this distinction is necessarily present…

Universal 254: case (adjective) ⇒ case (noun) Original If there is a certain case distinction in the forms of the adjective, there is the same…

Universal 253: possessive predication ⇒ localizing predication Original Predicate hierarchy 1B: (Xi/0)loc > (Xi)possthis hierarchy states that presentative localizing predications are more easily predicable than…

Universal 252: rigid &¬adjectives ⇒ predicative use (nominalpredicate & possessive predicate);rigid & small class of adjectives ⇒ predicative use (adjective &nominal & possessive predicate) Original…

Universal 251: rigid language & ¬manner adverb ⇒ ¬predicative use (nominal & possessive) Original All rigid languages for which the class of manner adverbs is…

Universal 250: flexible language ⇒ predicative use (all classes of predicates) Original All truly flexible languages allow all classes of predicate, up to and including…

Universal 249: Original Predicate hierarchy 1A:non-presentative ascriptive predications (Xi)loc > A > N > (Xi)poss. This hierarchy says that if a predication type at a…

Universal 248: part of speech Adverb ⇒ part of speech Adjective ⇒ part of speech Noun ⇒ part of speech Verb Original Parts of speech…

Universal 247: Acc ⇒ Gender Original The presence of the category of gender is connected with the development of the morphological opposition of nominative/accusative. In…

Universal 246: free order ⇒ longer words Original Words tend to be longer if constituent order is free than if it is rigid. Standardized IF…