Universal 1495: Original All languages label ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’. Standardized There are [basic?] terms for ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’. Keywords body part Domain lexicon…
Universal 1495:
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Universal 1495: Original All languages label ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’. Standardized There are [basic?] terms for ‘eyes’, ‘nose’, and ‘mouth’. Keywords body part Domain lexicon…
Universal 1494: non-configurational ⇒ agglutinative Original Non-configurational languages are agglutinative, but not vice versa. Standardized IF syntax is non-configurational, THEN morphology is agglutinative, but not…
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Universal 1493: Original Incorporated nouns attach to the left of the verb stem in not-verb-initial languages. Standardized IF basic word order is not-verb-initial (i.e. verb-medial…
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Universal 1492: Original Incorporated nouns attach to the right of the verb stem in verb-initial languages. Standardized IF basic word order is verb-initial, THEN nouns…
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Universal 1491: Original As a consequence of the tendency of incorporated nouns to be generic in meaning, they do not seem to be able to…
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Universal 1490: Original Objects that qualify as generic, non-referential, indefinite, inanimate/non-human, semantically dependent, pragmatically non-prominent tend to be incorporated. Objects that qualify as specific, referential,…
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Universal 1489: Original Incorporation takes place with the verbs denoting permanent and general activity (also typical or characteristic activity) whereas “accidental” or indifferent activities take…
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Universal 1488: Original In ditransitive constructions, the theme/direct object may incorporate, but the goal/indirect object may not. Standardized In ditransitive constructions, the theme/direct object may…
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Universal 1487: Original Noun incorporation is possible for underlying objects only. Standardized Noun incorporation, per movement in syntax (as opposed to lexical compound formation), is…
Universal 1486: Incl/Excl (Du) ⇒ Incl/Excl (Pl) Original If in a language there is an opposition of the metapersons ‘speaker + hearer’ and ‘speaker +…