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LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
Synonyms:
linguistic universal; universal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("linguistic universal" is a kind of...):
linguistic rule; rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)