SUT Flashcards
1
Q
Syntactical Universal Tendencies
A
- If a language is SVO, it has prepositions
2. If a language is SOV, it has postpositions (exc. Farsi)
2
Q
Marked
A
Rare (nasal vowels, OSV/OVS)
3
Q
Genetic Classification
A
Based on comparative linguistic reconstruction
4
Q
Comparative Linguistic Reconstruction
A
Comparison of sister languages to reconstruct the ancestral forms
5
Q
Historical Linguistics
A
The study of language change