Linguistic universal

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
Theoretical linguistics term
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Comparative_linguistics
Language universals research
gptkbp:contrastsWith Language-specific feature
gptkbp:definedIn A pattern or feature that occurs in all known human languages
gptkbp:example All languages can form questions
All languages have nouns and verbs
All languages have ways to negate statements
All languages have consonants and vowels
All languages have pronouns
All languages distinguish between subject and predicate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Linguistic universal
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
20th century
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Implicational_universal
gptkb:Language_typology
gptkb:Universal_grammar
Absolute universal
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Linguistics
Typology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Universal_(linguistics)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6