| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Equal prefixing and suffixing |
Morphology |
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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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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Interrogative-based |
Nominal Categories |
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Prefixes and suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 64A |
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction |
Identity |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Mixed type |
Verbal Categories |
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
No dominant order |
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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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
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 |
Noun-Numeral |
Word Order |
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
Word Order |
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
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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| 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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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject affixes on verb |
Simple Clauses |
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Secondary-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
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 |
Interrogative intonation only |
Simple Clauses |
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Identical |
Lexicon |
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| 130B |
Cultural Categories of Languages with Identity of 'Finger' and 'Hand' |
Hunter-gatherers |
Lexicon |
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
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 |
Other |
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 |
Beginning, not immed preverbal |
Word Order |
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
SV&OV&InitialNeg |
Word Order |
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