| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Combined: Right-edge and unbounded |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
Combined |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Weakly prefixing |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
No productive reduplication |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural clitic |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 34A |
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality |
All nouns, always optional |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
No definite, but indefinite article |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
Indefinite word same as 'one' |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 41A |
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives |
No distance contrast |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 42A |
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives |
Different stem |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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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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| 53A |
Ordinal Numerals |
First, two-th, three-th |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive prefixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 64A |
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction |
Identity |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect prefixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Normal imperative + special 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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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Verbal affix or clitic |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
VSO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
VS |
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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| 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 |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Demonstrative-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Numeral-Noun |
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 |
Second position |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
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 |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Indirect-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 106A |
Reciprocal Constructions |
No reciprocals |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
Oblique patient |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108B |
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction |
productive |
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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| 113A |
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Both |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 114A |
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation |
A/Fin and A/Cat |
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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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Verbal encoding |
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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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is expressed overtly |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
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 |
NegVSO |
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 |
Immed preverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144T |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in Verb-Initial Languages |
NegVSO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144V |
Verb-Initial with Preverbal Negative |
Separate word, no double negation Word&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144W |
Verb-Initial with Negative that is Immediately Postverbal or between Subject and Object |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144X |
Verb-Initial with Clause-Final Negative |
No clause-final neg |
Word Order |
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comment
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