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  2. Linguistic universal - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic universals in syntax are sometimes held up as evidence for universal grammar (although epistemological arguments are more common). Other explanations for linguistic universals have been proposed, for example, that linguistic universals tend to be properties of language that aid communication.

  3. Greenberg's linguistic universals - Wikipedia

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    The American linguist Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001) proposed a set of linguistic universals based primarily on a set of 30 languages. The following list is verbatim from the list printed in the appendix of Greenberg's Universals of Language [1] and "Universals Restated", [2] [3] sorted by context.

  4. Universal language - Wikipedia

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    In other conceptions, it may be the primary language of all speakers, or the only existing language. Some religious and mythological traditions state that there was once a single universal language among all people, or shared by humans and supernatural beings. In other traditions, there is less interest in or a general deflection of the question.

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    Common in Nigeria as a genericized term for toothpaste. [citation needed] Maggi: Bouillon cube, Instant noodle: Nestlé: A widely recognized genericized term for Bouillon cube and other food seasoning in Nigeria. [citation needed] It is synonymous with instant noodle in Malaysia. [citation needed] Matchbox: Die cast toy: Mattel

  6. Universal (metaphysics) - Wikipedia

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    In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things. [1] For example, suppose there are two chairs in a room, each of which is green.

  7. Common descent - Wikipedia

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    Common descent is a concept in evolutionary biology applicable when one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time. According to modern evolutionary biology, all living beings could be descendants of a unique ancestor commonly referred to as the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of all life on Earth. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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  9. Universal grammar - Wikipedia

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    Universal grammar (UG), in modern linguistics, is the theory of the innate biological component of the language faculty, usually credited to Noam Chomsky.The basic postulate of UG is that there are innate constraints on what the grammar of a possible human language could be.