Month: May 2020

Universal 1655: Original Whenever the same term is used to designate the mother and the father’s sister, this same term is used for the mother’s…

Universal 1654: visual > non-visual > inferential > quotative, OR direct > indirect Original The Evidentiality Hierarchy:visual > non-visual > inferential > quotative, OR direct…

Universal 1653: Original If a language is non-tensed, the nominal predicate does not require a copula. Standardized IF there is non-tensedness, THEN the nominal predicate…

Universal 1652: Original If in a language finite and non-finite (attributive and/or argument) functions of converbs are equally marked or equally unmarked, then the language…

Universal 1651: Original If in a language finite and non-finite (attributive and/or argument) functions of a form appear to be equally marked or equally unmarked,…

Universal 1650: Original If L is a rigid verb-final language in its basic word order, the rhematic focus of a sentence of L is most…

Universal 1649: clause-final position > clause-initial position > clause-internal position Original Sentential NP Position Hierarchy:clause-final position > clause-initial position > clause-internal position. Standardized FINAL-OVER-INITIAL-POSITION HYPOTHESIS:…

Universal 1648: Original The great majority of pronominalization strategies, regardless of language type, favour dependent-marking pattern. Standardized IF relative clause formation involves pronominalization, THEN it…

Universal 1647: Original Clause-affecting relativization inherently favours dependent-marking and disfavours head-marking. Standardized IF clause-affecting relativization occurs, THEN it will be of dependent-marking type. Keywords head-marking,…

Universal 1646: dependent-marked clause ⇒ dependent-marked relativization;head-marked relativization ⇒ head-marked clause Original For dependent-marking patterns, clause marking type implies relativization type; while for the head-marking…