Month: May 2020

Universal 1595: Original If some element is a member of the set AUX*, there is reasonable likehood that it will be bound to some adjacent…

Universal 1594: body part /body parts > artefacts Original There will be no language in which the linguistic distance between possessor and possessum is greater…

Universal 1593: internal relative clause ⇒ null anaphora Original Internally headed relative clauses occur only in languages manifesting null anaphora (that is, the use of…

Universal 1592: internal relative clause ⇒ OV ⇒ left-branching NP structure Original The restriction of internally headed relative clauses to OV languages implies that these…

Universal 1591: internal relative clause ⇒ SOV Original Clear cases of internal relative clauses are present only in languages whose basic word order is SOV.…

Universal 1590: Original Verb-medial languages exhibit a slight preposing tendency, but a strong tendency not to affix preposed material. Standardized IF basic order is verb-medial,…

Universal 1589: V-final ⇒ postposing ⇒ suffixes Original Verb-final languages exhibit a very strong postposing tendency which leads to their preponderance of suffixes. Standardized IF…

Universal 1588: body part > inherent attribute > clothing > (kin) > pet animal > product > other possessee Original Possession cline which represents the…

Universal 1587: bound nouns ⇒ head-marked possession Original Bound nouns appear to exist only where there is head-marked possession. Standardized IF there is a set…

Universal 1586: possession regularly head-marked ⇒ opposition alienable/inalienable possession;¬ opposition alienable/inalienable possession ⇒ possession regularly dependent-marked Original An opposition of “alienable” and “inalienable” possession is…