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

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From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the
time


> Reading Greenberg's list of universals
>
> http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/Korean/Artikel02/Appendix3.html
>
> I've discovered that Khangaþyagon violates universals 2,3,6,10,12, and
> possibly 23 although I'm not sure of his terminology. This is mainly
> because Khangaþyagon is based on what seemed plausible to me without
> reading the list.
>
> I'd be interested to know how many universals other people's conlangs
> violate, and whether this came about naively or deliberately.
Hmm...English seems to violate rule 2.  Though I'm not sure if |-'s| counts
as a genitive.

> Pete
>