Month: May 2020

Universal 1375: matrix filler & gap (subordinate clause of complexity n containing gap) ⇒ matrix filler & gap (subordinate clause of complexity n containing no…

Universal 1374: gap in complex NP ⇒ gap in finite subordinate clause ⇒ gap in infinitival phrase Original Clause embedding hierarchy: S[…VP’[ … Oi …]…

Universal 1373: Original Filler-Gap Complexity Hypothesis: If Filler-Gap Domain (FGD) of complexity n on a complexity hierarchy H is grammatical, then the FGDs for all…

Universal 1372: SOV v. VOS ⇒ ¬ verb HAVE;verb HAVE ⇒ SVO Original A lexically distinct form of verb HAVE is generally missing in verb…

Universal 1371: Original In classifier languages without inflectional plurals neither counters nor measures ever take plural markers and, unlike typical noun class systems, the classifiers…

Universal 1370: Original Intra-locative classifier languages have no quanta classifiers at all. Standardized IF there are intra-locative classifiers, THEN there are no quanta classifiers. Keywords…

Universal 1369: Original The smaller the number of classifiers in a language, the more likely they are to be configurational rather than material. Standardized The…

Universal 1368: Original No language contrasts a ’round’ classifier with a ‘polyhedral’ classifier, unless the latter is the classifier for buildings, or some similar material…

Universal 1367: Original If grammatical number (singular, dual, paucal, plural) is marked at all on classifier constructions, it is usually marked on or by classifier…

Universal 1366: Original There is a universal principle that in numeral classifier languages classifier concatenates with a quantifier, locative, demonstrative, or predicate to form a…