LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linguistic universal mean? 

• LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL (noun)
  The noun LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL has 1 sense:

1. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

  Familiarity information: LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINGUISTIC UNIVERSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

linguistic universal; universal

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)