| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Little affixation |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural word |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Definite word distinct from demonstrative |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 62A |
Action Nominal Constructions |
Possessive-Accusative |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 63A |
Noun Phrase Conjunction |
'And' identical to 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect tone |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
No second-person imperatives |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Normal imperative + normal negative |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Neither type of system |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 73A |
The Optative |
Inflectional optative absent |
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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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
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 |
Adjective-Noun |
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 |
Noun-Relative clause |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
Noun-Relative clause (NRel) dominant |
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 |
Initial subordinator word |
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 |
VO and Prepositions |
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 |
VO and NRel |
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 AdjN |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Double negation |
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 |
Conjunctional |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Mixed |
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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| 121A |
Comparative Constructions |
Exceed |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 125A |
Purpose Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 126A |
'When' Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 127A |
Reason Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 128A |
Utterance Complement Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
ObligDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143B |
Obligatory Double Negation |
[Neg-V]Neg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
[Neg-V] |
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 |
ObligDoubleNeg |
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 |
ObligNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144F |
Obligatory Double Negation in SVO languages |
S[Neg-V]ONeg |
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 |
Prefix&OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
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 |
OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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