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

From:Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
Date:Friday, September 5, 2003, 2:49
 --- Isidora Zamora wrote:
> Of course, it isn't actually possible to violate *all* of them at > once, since many of them are applicable only to certain types of > languages, but you could certainly hold a contest to see who could > violate the most universals at one time.
When I was going through to check how Ikanirae Seru matched up, I noticed that lots of universals referred specifically to VSO and SOV languages, but few if any referred specifically to SVO languages, so a VSO or SOV language would have an easier chance at violating lots of universals than a SVO one. (Ikanirae Seru is SVO.) Estel ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca