Universal 1605: N# > N[+continuant] > N[-continuant] > N[+syllabic] Original Hierarchy of regressive nasalization:N# > N[+continuant] > N[-continuant] > N[+syllabic]. If vowels are nasalized before…
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Universal 1604: front vowels nasalized ⇒ back vowels nasalized Original There is a tendency for back vowels to nasalize more readily than front ones. Standardized…
Universal 1603:
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Universal 1603: Original Low vowels are more likely to be regressively nasalized than high vowels. Standardized IF high vowels are regressively nasalized, THEN low vowels…
Universal 1602: nasal, voice, prenasalized stop, sonorant Original Languages that manifest the dependency of nasality on voicing normally have prenasalized stops. Standardized IF the feature…
Universal 1601: Vowels > Semivowels > Liquids > Fricatives > Obstruent Stops
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Universal 1601: Vowels > Semivowels > Liquids > Fricatives > Obstruent Stops Original Nasal harmony hierarchy: Vowels > Semivowels > Liquids > Fricatives > Obstruent…
Universal 1600:
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Universal 1600: Original If a language has DPs at all, it has DPs of type e. If it has no DPs distinct from NPs, it…
Universal 1599:
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Universal 1599: Original Every language has N’s and NPs of the type e → t (common nouns as predicates). Standardized Every language has N’s and…
Universal 1598: headless relative clause ⇒ productive nominalization Original Languages with headless relative clauses tend to have powerful and productive patterns of nominalization which are…
Universal 1597: headless relative clause ⇒ verb-final Original Languages with headless relative clauses seem always to be verb-final, often strictly so. Standardized IF there are…
Universal 1596:
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Universal 1596: Original Instantiations of AUX* which occur sentence-finally (in surface-order) are limited to languages such as Japanese which are commonly termed ‘rigid verb-final’. Standardized…