Universal 1665: SVO ⇒ rheme in an immediately postverbal position or after an unstressed element Original In SVO languages, the usual place of the focused…
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Universal 1664: SOV ⇒ rheme immediately precedes the verb Original In SOV languages, the usual place of sentence stress and hence that of rheme is…
Universal 1663:
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Universal 1663: Original If a language uses the same expression both as intensifier and reflexive anaphor, this expression is not used as a marker of…
Universal 1662:
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Universal 1662: Original The frequency of kin term doublets is correlated with the parental prototype. Standardized IF there are doublets for kin terms other than…
Universal 1661:
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Universal 1661: Original Proper name-like uses are much more frequent with certain kin terms, notably the ones that denote ascending relations, and in particular parental…
Universal 1660:
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Universal 1660: Original In no language, the most common word for ‘first generation descendant’ is not the same as the most common word for ‘person…
Universal 1659: distinction of sex in the second descending generation ⇒ distinction of sex in the second ascending generation
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Universal 1659: distinction of sex in the second descending generation ⇒ distinction of sex in the second ascending generation Original Distinction of sex in the…
Universal 1658:
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Universal 1658: Original Whenever there are two terms differing in generation which are true reciprocals, or there is one which is a self-reciprocal term with…
Universal 1657:
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Universal 1657: Original All systems distinguish male and female parent by separate terms even though very frequently other kin types are included in the referents…
Universal 1656:
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Universal 1656: Original Lineal kinship term is unmarked as against collateral, consanguineal is unmarked as against affinal, the less remote from the speaker (measured in…