Morphological Universals

Morphological universals are patterns or principles that are found across most languages in the world regarding how words are formed and structured. They reflect common tendencies in how humans create words, such as the use of prefixes and suffixes, or the way words often relate to categories like nouns and verbs. These universals highlight the shared aspects of language structure, suggesting that despite differences, languages tend to organize words and their parts in similar ways, shaped by our innate language capabilities and cognitive preferences.