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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Strong prefixing |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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No plural |
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Definite Articles
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No definite, but indefinite article |
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Indefinite Articles
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Indefinite word same as 'one' |
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Position of Case Affixes
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No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
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Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
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No possessive affixes |
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| Nominal Syntax |
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Nominal and Verbal Conjunction
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Identity |
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| Verbal Categories |
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Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
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Tense-aspect prefixes |
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The Morphological Imperative
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Second singular and second plural |
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The Prohibitive
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Normal imperative + normal negative |
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Imperative-Hortative Systems
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Neither type of system |
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The Optative
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Inflectional optative absent |
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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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Prepositions |
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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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No dominant order |
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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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Order of Degree Word and Adjective
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Adjective-Degree word |
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Position of Polar Question Particles
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Initial |
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Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
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Not initial interrogative phrase |
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Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
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Initial subordinator word |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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VO and Prepositions |
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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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Other |
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| Simple Clauses |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Subject affixes on verb |
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Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'
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Double-object construction |
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Negative Morphemes
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Negative affix |
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Polar Questions
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Question particle |
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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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