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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
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Andersen 1978
Source
Andersen 1978: 352
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    The interesting question is about basicness.

    1. May 2020

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