| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strongly suffixing |
Morphology |
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| 30A |
Number of Genders |
Three |
Nominal Categories |
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| 31A |
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems |
Sex-based |
Nominal Categories |
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| 32A |
Systems of Gender Assignment |
Semantic and formal |
Nominal Categories |
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
No definite or indefinite article |
Nominal Categories |
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
No definite or indefinite article |
Nominal Categories |
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| 41A |
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives |
Two-way contrast |
Nominal Categories |
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| 42A |
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives |
Identical |
Nominal Categories |
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| 43A |
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives |
Related for all demonstratives |
Nominal Categories |
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| 45A |
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns |
Multiple politeness distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Interrogative-based |
Nominal Categories |
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| 47A |
Intensifiers and Reflexive Pronouns |
Identical |
Nominal Categories |
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| 49A |
Number of Cases |
5 cases |
Nominal Categories |
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| 50A |
Asymmetrical Case-Marking |
Symmetrical |
Nominal Categories |
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 52A |
Comitatives and Instrumentals |
Identity |
Nominal Categories |
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| 54A |
Distributive Numerals |
Marked by reduplication |
Nominal Categories |
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| 55A |
Numeral Classifiers |
Absent |
Nominal Categories |
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| 56A |
Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers |
Formally similar, with interrogative |
Nominal Categories |
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| 60A |
Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses |
Highly differentiated |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 64A |
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction |
Identity |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second person number-neutral |
Verbal Categories |
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Special imperative + special negative |
Verbal Categories |
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Maximal system |
Verbal Categories |
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Verbal constructions |
Verbal Categories |
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| 75A |
Epistemic Possibility |
Verbal constructions |
Verbal Categories |
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| 76A |
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking |
No overlap |
Verbal Categories |
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SOV |
Word Order |
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
OV |
Word Order |
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Genitive-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Adjective-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Demonstrative-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Numeral-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Relative clause-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 90B |
Prenominal relative clauses |
Relative clause-Noun (RelN) dominant |
Word Order |
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| 91A |
Order of Degree Word and Adjective |
Degree word-Adjective |
Word Order |
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Final |
Word Order |
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Subordinating suffix |
Word Order |
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
OV and Postpositions |
Word Order |
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
OV and RelN |
Word Order |
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
OV and AdjN |
Word Order |
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| 98A |
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases |
Tripartite |
Simple Clauses |
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| 99A |
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns |
Nominative - accusative (standard) |
Simple Clauses |
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Indirect-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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| 110A |
Periphrastic Causative Constructions |
Purposive but no sequential |
Simple Clauses |
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| 111A |
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions |
Morphological but no compound |
Simple Clauses |
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| 115A |
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation |
Predicate negation also present |
Simple Clauses |
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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| 121A |
Comparative Constructions |
Locational |
Simple Clauses |
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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is left implicit |
Complex Sentences |
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| 125A |
Purpose Clauses |
Deranked |
Complex Sentences |
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| 126A |
'When' Clauses |
Balanced/deranked |
Complex Sentences |
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| 127A |
Reason Clauses |
Balanced/deranked |
Complex Sentences |
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| 128A |
Utterance Complement Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Identical |
Lexicon |
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
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examples
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| 138A |
Tea |
Words derived from Sinitic cha |
Lexicon |
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
VNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
VNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
SOVNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
Immed postverbal |
Word Order |
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
SOVNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
No NegSOV |
Word Order |
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| 144Q |
SNegOV Order |
No SNegOV |
Word Order |
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| 144R |
SONegV Order |
No SONegV |
Word Order |
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| 144S |
SOVNeg Order |
Word&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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