| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No velar nasal |
Phonology |
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| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Unbounded: Stress can be anywhere |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
Long vowel or coda consonant |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 17A |
Rhythm Types |
Iambic |
Phonology |
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Equal prefixing and suffixing |
Morphology |
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
Productive full and partial reduplication |
Morphology |
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comment
examples
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
No plural |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Postpositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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| 55A |
Numeral Classifiers |
Absent |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive prefixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 63A |
Noun Phrase Conjunction |
'And' different from 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Verbal affix or clitic |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
OV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
XOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Genitive-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Only internally-headed relative clauses |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Noun-Demonstrative |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Noun-Numeral |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Internally headed |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90D |
Internally-headed relative clauses |
Internally-headed relative clause dominant |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 91A |
Order of Degree Word and Adjective |
Adjective-Degree word |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Final |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Subordinating suffix |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
OV and Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject affixes on verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Indirect-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
Oblique patient |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108B |
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction |
not productive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 111A |
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions |
Morphological but no compound |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative affix |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 117A |
Predicative Possession |
Topic |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Verbal encoding |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Different |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 120A |
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals |
Impossible |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
MorphNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
SO[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
No NegSOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144Q |
SNegOV Order |
No SNegOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144R |
SONegV Order |
No SONegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144S |
SOVNeg Order |
Suffix&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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