Month: May 2020

Universal 25: Original In all languages, if an adnominal nominal preceding the head shows Suffixaufnahme, so does an adnominal nominal of the same type following…

Universal 24: SA with continuous NPs ⇒ SA with discontinuous NPs Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs with continuous NPs, it also occurs with…

Universal 23: Original In all languages, the range of cases that can be marked on the head of a Suffixaufnahme construction may never be narrower…

Universal 22: Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs when the adnominal case is the same as the head case, then it also occurs when…

Universal 21: SA with non-possessor case ⇒ SA with possessor case Original In almost all languages if the internal case involved in Suffixaufnahme is a…

Universal 20: Original In all languages, if a nominal possessor carries external case, so does the pronominal one. Standardized IF a nominal possessor carries external…

Universal 19: SA nominal possessor ⇒ SA pronominal possessor Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs with nominal possessors, it also occurs with pronominal ones.…

Universal 18: SA multi-level ⇒ SA single-level Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs in multi-level possessive constructions, it also occurs in single-level ones. Standardized…

Universal 17: SA head-present ⇒ SA head-missing Original If Suffixaufnahme occurs with the head present, it also occurs with the head missing. Standardized IF Suffixaufnahme…

Universal 16: Original In almost all instances of Suffixaufnahme, the segmental marker of internal case is closer to the stem of the attributive nominal than…