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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Little affixation |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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Plural word |
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Occurrence of Nominal Plurality
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Only human nouns, obligatory |
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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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Position of Case Affixes
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No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
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| Nominal Syntax |
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Nominal and Verbal Conjunction
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Differentiation |
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| Verbal Categories |
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Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
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Tense-aspect tone |
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The Morphological Imperative
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No second-person imperatives |
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The Prohibitive
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Normal imperative + normal negative |
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| Word Order |
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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
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No dominant order |
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Order of Subject and Verb
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SV |
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Order of Object and Verb
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No dominant order |
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Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
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No dominant order |
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Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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Postpositions |
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Order of Genitive and Noun
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No dominant order |
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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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Noun-Numeral |
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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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Adjective-Degree word |
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Position of Polar Question Particles
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Final |
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Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
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Not initial interrogative phrase |
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Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
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Internal 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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Other |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Other |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
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Other |
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| Simple Clauses |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Subject pronouns in different position |
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Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'
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Indirect-object construction |
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Negative Morphemes
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Negative particle |
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Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
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Predicate negation also present |
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Polar Questions
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Question particle |
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| Complex Sentences |
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'Want' Complement Subjects
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Subject is left implicit |
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| Other |
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Para-Linguistic Usages of Clicks
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Affective meanings |
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