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> The _only_ linguistic universals? Are you sure you want to endorse
> this statement?
Hmmm. I think he was referring to grammatical units --- in this sense "container words" are not grammatical units.
I am also certain that every language has words for family members, but those are not parts of speech either.
What I was taking issue with is the existence of a universal deep grammar that underlies all known and possible languages.
Joanna