Month: May 2020

Universal 1385: Original No language with free word order will have a clause final auxiliary. Standardized IF basic word order is free, THEN an auxiliary…

Universal 1384: Original No language with a traditional auxiliary verb will exist in which the auxiliary does not take what is usually verbal inflection. Standardized…

Universal 1383: Original No language with a traditional auxiliary verb which has subject agreement will not include it in the auxiliary. Standardized IF the finite…

Universal 1382: Original No language with SVO or VSO basic order will have a clause final auxiliary. Standardized IF basic word order is SVO or…

Universal 1381: Original Gap Subcategorizor Hierarchy:If a gap can be subcategorized by P, it can be subcategorized by V. Standardized Gap Subcategorizor Hierarchy:IF a gap…

Universal 1380: Original Question-word Fronting and Basic Word Order:A fronted WH-question word will be preferred across languages in proportion to the distance between WH and…

Universal 1379: Original Question-word Movement Universal:All languages that move WH-question word to clause-peripheral position move it to the left, not the right. Standardized Question-word Movement…

Universal 1378: Original Head Noun Phrase Hierarchy:If an NP with head noun (phrase) N of semantic specificity n on the path from filler to gap…

Universal 1377: verb (in FGD of semantic specificity n) ⇒ verb (in FGD of semantic specificity n-1) Original Bridging Verb Hierarchy: If a bridging verb…

Universal 1376: FG (relative clause) on H(n) ⇒ FG (WH-question) on H(n) Original Relative Clause and WH-Question Filler: In languages that have filler-gap structures for…