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

Quoting Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>:

> 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.
Tairezazh defies #40, but seems to obey the rest. Some of my other conlangs
defy others, but I haven't got the time to work out the complete list right
now.

                                                            Andreas