Month: May 2020

Universal 235: numeral &, V quantifier ⇒ preposition ⇒ adjective ⇒ noun & verb Original In phases of inflectional reduction and expansion of the fund…

Universal 234: inflectional expansion: number inflection ⇒ case inflection ⇒ gender inflectioninflectional reduction: gender inflection ⇒ case inflection ⇒ number inflection Original In times of…

Universal 233: Original Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike: (a) subject, object, and verb, (b) nominal…

Universal 232: rigid order & ¬case ⇒ definite article Original If constituent order is rigid and there is no case inflection, then there is a…

Universal 231: rigid order ⇒ gradation of adjectives expressed by function words;flexible order &rArr gradation of adjectives expressed inflectionally Original If constituent order is rigid…

Universal 230: rigid order ⇔ ¬case; ¬case ⇔ prepositions; rigid order ⇔ preposition; flexible order ⇔ cases; cases ⇔ sparse use of preposition; flexible order…

Universal 229: number (noun) ⇒ case (noun) Original If nominals inflect for number, they also inflect for case. Standardized IF nominals inflect for number, THEN…

Universal 228: case (noun) ⇒ inflection (verb) Original If nouns inflect for case, then verbs inflect for some inflectional category. Standardized IF nouns inflect for…

Universal 227: Original If a language has only affixes which derive causatives form intransitive verbs, it is unlikely that these affixes will have a permissive…

Universal 226: Original Languages of the class type have no case paradigm. In rare cases when languages of the active type have an elementary noun…