| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
Initial |
Phonology |
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity) |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
No weight |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 23A |
Locus of Marking in the Clause |
No marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 24A |
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25A |
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology |
Inconsistent or other |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25B |
Zero Marking of A and P Arguments |
Non-zero marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strongly suffixing |
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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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
Indefinite word same as 'one' |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
No gender distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Generic-noun-based |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
No person marking |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 55A |
Numeral Classifiers |
Absent |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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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 suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SOV |
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 |
OV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Genitive-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
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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| 91A |
Order of Degree Word and Adjective |
Degree word-Adjective |
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 |
Final 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 |
OV and Postpositions |
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 |
OV and NAdj |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Accusative |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Only the A argument |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
No zero realization |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Absent |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative affix |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Mixture of previous two types |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 117A |
Predicative Possession |
'Have' |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Nonverbal encoding |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Identical |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
examples
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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 |
Conjoined |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is left implicit |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 136A |
M-T Pronouns |
No M-T pronouns |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 136B |
M in First Person Singular |
No m in first person singular |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 137A |
N-M Pronouns |
N-M pronouns, paradigmatic |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 137B |
M in Second Person Singular |
m in second person singular |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
[V-Neg] |
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 |
MorphNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
SO[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
No NegSOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144Q |
SNegOV Order |
No SNegOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144R |
SONegV Order |
No SONegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144S |
SOVNeg Order |
Suffix&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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