Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the time

At 12:54 05/09/03, Robert Wilson wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 05:50:38 -0400 Harald Stoiber <stoiberh@...>
>writes:
> > On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:14:28 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hm... my native natlang German violates universal #2. How universal
> > are these universals?
>
>well, i'm sure that there is at least one natlang that violates each
>universal, so they aren't truly universal, but they are good guidelines
>as far as what is common in natlangs.
I propose a universal: all languages violate at least one universal. :)

Ian

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