| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Unbounded: Stress can be anywhere |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
Prominence |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 17A |
Rhythm Types |
No rhythmic stress |
Phonology |
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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 suffix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 53A |
Ordinal Numerals |
First, second, three-th |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Normal imperative + normal negative |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Neither type of system |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 73A |
The Optative |
Inflectional optative absent |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Verbal constructions |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 75A |
Epistemic Possibility |
Other |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 76A |
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking |
Overlap for both possibility and necessity |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 79A |
Suppletion According to Tense and Aspect |
Tense and aspect |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 79B |
Suppletion in Imperatives and Hortatives |
None (= no suppletive imperatives reported in the reference material) |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 80A |
Verbal Number and Suppletion |
None |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
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 |
VO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Adjective-Noun |
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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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
VO and Prepositions |
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 |
VO and AdjN |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject affixes on verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 138A |
Tea |
Words derived from Sinitic cha |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
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 |
SNegVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
Immed preverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
SNegVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144H |
NegSVO Order |
No NegSVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144I |
SNegVO Order |
Word&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
No SVNegO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
No SVONeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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