| 30A |
Number of Genders |
Five or more |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 31A |
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems |
Non-sex-based |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 32A |
Systems of Gender Assignment |
Semantic and formal |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 35A |
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns |
Person-number stem + pronominal plural affix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Special imperative + normal negative |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Both types of system |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 73A |
The Optative |
Inflectional optative absent |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Verbal constructions |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 75A |
Epistemic Possibility |
Other |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 76A |
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking |
Overlap for either possibility or necessity |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
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 |
VO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
VOX |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Noun-Genitive |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
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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| 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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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' |
Double-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
No antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108B |
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction |
no antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 109A |
Applicative Constructions |
Benefactive and other; both bases |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 109B |
Other Roles of Applied Objects |
Locative |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 115A |
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation |
Predicate negation also present |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Interrogative intonation only |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 121A |
Comparative Constructions |
Exceed |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 122A |
Relativization on Subjects |
Gap |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 123A |
Relativization on Obliques |
Pronoun-retention |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Both construction types exist |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 138A |
Tea |
Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
VNeg |
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 |
VNeg |
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 |
SVONeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
End, not immed postverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
SVONeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144H |
NegSVO Order |
No NegSVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144I |
SNegVO Order |
No SNegVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
No SVNegO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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