| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Weakly prefixing |
Morphology |
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
No plural |
Nominal Categories |
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| 34A |
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality |
All nouns, always obligatory |
Nominal Categories |
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Definite word distinct from demonstrative |
Nominal Categories |
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
Indefinite word distinct from 'one' |
Nominal Categories |
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
In 3rd person + 1st and/or 2nd person |
Nominal Categories |
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| 45A |
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns |
No politeness distinction |
Nominal Categories |
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
Pronouns only |
Nominal Categories |
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Prepositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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| 53A |
Ordinal Numerals |
First, two-th, three-th |
Nominal Categories |
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| 63A |
Noun Phrase Conjunction |
'And' identical to 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 64A |
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction |
Differentiation |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
No tense-aspect inflection |
Verbal Categories |
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Neither type of system |
Verbal Categories |
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
Word Order |
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
VO |
Word Order |
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
VOX |
Word Order |
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
Word Order |
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Noun-Genitive |
Word Order |
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
Word Order |
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Mixed |
Word Order |
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Numeral-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Noun-Relative clause |
Word Order |
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
Noun-Relative clause (NRel) dominant |
Word Order |
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Initial |
Word Order |
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Initial subordinator word |
Word Order |
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
VO and Prepositions |
Word Order |
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
VO and NRel |
Word Order |
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
VO and NAdj |
Word Order |
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Accusative |
Simple Clauses |
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Only the A argument |
Simple Clauses |
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
No zero realization |
Simple Clauses |
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb |
Simple Clauses |
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Indirect-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Present |
Simple Clauses |
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative affix |
Simple Clauses |
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| 115A |
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation |
Predicate negation also present |
Simple Clauses |
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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| 117A |
Predicative Possession |
Locational |
Simple Clauses |
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Mixed |
Simple Clauses |
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Different |
Simple Clauses |
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| 120A |
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals |
Possible |
Simple Clauses |
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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is left implicit |
Complex Sentences |
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143C |
Optional Double Negation |
[Neg-V]/NegVNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV&[Neg-V] |
Word Order |
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
VNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
OptNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144G |
Optional Double Negation in SVO languages |
S[Neg-V]O/NegSVNegO |
Word Order |
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| 144H |
NegSVO Order |
OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144I |
SNegVO Order |
Prefix&OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
Word&OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
No SVONeg |
Word Order |
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