Month: May 2020

Universal 1275: Original If the dominant unitransitive order is SVO, the dominant bitransitive order will be either SVDO or SVOD. Standardized IF the dominant unitransitive…

Universal 1274: Original The same nuclear tagmeme which occurs initially in the unitransitive dominant order will occur initially in the bitransitive order. Standardized IF an…

Universal 1273: Original If narrative and non-narrative contexts differ with respect to the marking of temporal distance, it will be the non-narrative contexts that exhibit…

Universal 1272: Original Categories which are used like the English pluperfect will tend to be nondistinct from remote past. Standardized IF categories are used like…

Universal 1271: Original Categories which can be used as a ‘perfect of result’ (i.e. to say that something has happened that has a result at…

Universal 1270: Original If there is one or more distinctions or remoteness in a tense-aspect system, and reference can be made to objective time measures,…

Universal 1269: Original Hierarchy of grammatical functions for purposes of quantifier scope: topic > deep and surface subject > deep or surface subject > indirect…

Universal 1268: Original Hierarchy of quantifiers: each > every > all > most > many > several > some (+NPPl) > a few (‘>’ means…

Universal 1267: SVO ⇒ ¬ ergative; ergative ⇒ ¬ SVO Original Ergative systems are found only in SOV and VSO languages. SVO languages are never…

Universal 1266: assimilation of unrounded vowels ⇒ assimilation of rounded vowels Original Assimilation of unrounded vowels implies assimilation of rounded vowels. Standardized IF there is…