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Vowel Nasalization
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Contrast present |
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| Morphology |
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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Strongly suffixing |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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Plural clitic |
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Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives
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Unrelated |
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Indefinite Pronouns
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Generic-noun-based |
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Person Marking on Adpositions
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Pronouns only |
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Position of Case Affixes
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Case suffixes |
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Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
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Possessive suffixes |
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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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The Morphological Imperative
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Second person number-neutral |
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The Prohibitive
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Normal imperative + special negative |
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| Word Order |
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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
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SVO |
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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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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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No dominant order |
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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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Noun-Numeral |
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Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Noun-Relative clause |
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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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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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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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Alignment of Verbal Person Marking
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Accusative |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Subject affixes on verb |
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Verbal Person Marking
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Both the A and P arguments |
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Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking
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Zero in all 3rd person forms |
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Order of Person Markers on the Verb
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A precedes P |
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Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'
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Double-object construction |
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Passive Constructions
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Absent |
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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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Comparative Constructions
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Exceed |
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| Complex Sentences |
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'Want' Complement Subjects
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Both construction types exist |
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| Lexicon |
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Hand and Arm
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Identical |
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Finger and Hand
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Different |
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Tea
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Words derived from Sinitic cha |
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