Language universals

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gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith Language particulars
gptkbp:debatedBy Linguists
gptkbp:defines Features or characteristics that are common to all human languages
gptkbp:example All languages can form questions
All languages have nouns and verbs
All languages have ways to negate statements
gptkbp:firstSystematicStudy gptkb:Greenberg's_1963_paper_'Some_Universals_of_Grammar_with_Particular_Reference_to_the_Order_of_Meaningful_Elements'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Language universals
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chomskyan_linguistics
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Universal_grammar
Typology
Language evolution
Understanding human cognition
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Linguistics
gptkbp:type Absolute universals
Implicational universals
Statistical universals
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Comparative_linguistics
Language acquisition studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Language_Universals_and_Linguistic_Typology
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5