Month: May 2020

Universal 35: SA ⇒ adjectives agree with their heads in the same category Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, then adjectives agree with their heads…

Universal 34: SA ⇒ affix sequences Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has affix sequences outside the construction. Standardized IF there is Suffixaufnahme,…

Universal 33: SA ⇒ external case without internal case Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the external case occurring without the internal…

Universal 32: SA ⇒ internal case without external case Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the internal case occurring without the external…

Universal 31: Suffixaufnahme with nominals ⇒ other attributive constructions Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has other NP-internal attributive constituents showing agreement in…

Universal 30: Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has NP-internal attributive constituents outside this construction. Standardized IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will…

Universal 29: Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs without pause between the head and the attributive nominal, it also occurs with it. Standardized IF…

Universal 28: Präfixaufnahme ⇒ ¬ligative Original In no language is there Präfixaufnahme involving a ligative. Standardized IF Aufnahme is Präfixaufnahme rather than Suffixaufnahme, THEN there…

Universal 27: SA with ligative ⇒ Internal Ligative External Original In Suffixaufnahme constructions the ligative (if there is one) is always ordered between the internal…

Universal 26: Original In all languages that mark a constituent preposed to the noun for inflectional categories such as number, gender, or case, constituents postposed…