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Fixed Stress Locations
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Initial |
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Weight-Sensitive Stress
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Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity) |
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Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems
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No weight |
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Rhythm Types
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Undetermined |
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| Morphology |
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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Weakly suffixing |
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Reduplication
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No productive reduplication |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Number of Genders
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Two |
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Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems
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Sex-based |
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Systems of Gender Assignment
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Semantic and formal |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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Mixed morphological plural |
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Definite Articles
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Definite word distinct from demonstrative |
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Indefinite Articles
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No indefinite, but definite article |
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Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns
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Binary politeness distinction |
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Position of Case Affixes
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Mixed morphological case |
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Ordinal Numerals
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First, two-th, three-th |
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| Nominal Syntax |
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Noun Phrase Conjunction
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'And' different from 'with' |
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| Verbal Categories |
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Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
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Mixed type |
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| Word Order |
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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
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VSO |
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Order of Subject and Verb
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VS |
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Order of Object and Verb
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VO |
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Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
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VOX |
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Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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Prepositions |
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Order of Genitive and Noun
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Noun-Genitive |
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Order of Adjective and Noun
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Noun-Adjective |
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Order of Demonstrative and Noun
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Noun-Demonstrative |
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Order of Numeral and Noun
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Numeral-Noun |
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Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Noun-Relative clause |
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Order of Degree Word and Adjective
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Degree word-Adjective |
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Position of Polar Question Particles
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No question particle |
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Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
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Initial interrogative phrase |
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Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
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Initial subordinator word |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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VO and Prepositions |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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VO and NRel |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
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VO and NAdj |
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| Simple Clauses |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Obligatory pronouns in subject position |
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Antipassive Constructions
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No antipassive |
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Applicative Constructions
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No applicative construction |
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Negative Morphemes
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Negative particle |
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Polar Questions
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Interrogative verb morphology |
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Predicative Possession
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Locational |
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Predicative Adjectives
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Nonverbal encoding |
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Nominal and Locational Predication
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Different |
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Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals
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Impossible |
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Comparative Constructions
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Particle |
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| Complex Sentences |
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Relativization on Subjects
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Gap |
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Relativization on Obliques
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Pronoun-retention |
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| Lexicon |
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Hand and Arm
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Different |
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Finger and Hand
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Different |
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