| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Weakly prefixing |
Morphology |
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
Productive full and partial reduplication |
Morphology |
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural stem change |
Nominal Categories |
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| 34A |
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality |
Only human nouns, obligatory |
Nominal Categories |
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Demonstrative word used as definite article |
Nominal Categories |
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
No indefinite, but definite article |
Nominal Categories |
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| 43A |
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives |
Related for all demonstratives |
Nominal Categories |
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
No gender distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Interrogative-based |
Nominal Categories |
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
No adpositions |
Nominal Categories |
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Postpositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive prefixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Neither type of system |
Verbal Categories |
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Verbal constructions |
Verbal Categories |
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| 75A |
Epistemic Possibility |
Affixes on verbs |
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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comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
OXV |
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 |
Only internally-headed relative clauses |
Word Order |
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Noun-Demonstrative |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Internally headed |
Word Order |
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| 90D |
Internally-headed relative clauses |
Internally-headed relative clause dominant |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 91A |
Order of Degree Word and Adjective |
Adjective-Degree word |
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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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Other |
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 |
Other |
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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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject affixes on verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
Zero in some 3sg forms |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
A and P are fused |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Double-object construction |
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 particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 115A |
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation |
Predicate negation also present |
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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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is expressed overtly |
Complex Sentences |
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comment
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| 125A |
Purpose Clauses |
Deranked |
Complex Sentences |
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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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| 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 |
OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143C |
Optional Double Negation |
(Neg)VNeg |
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 |
VNeg |
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 |
OptDoubleNeg |
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 postverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144O |
Optional Double Negation in SOV languages |
(Neg)SOVNeg/S(Neg)OVNeg/SO(Neg)VNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144Q |
SNegOV Order |
OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144R |
SONegV Order |
Word&OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144S |
SOVNeg Order |
Word&OptDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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