| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No initial velar nasal |
Phonology |
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strongly suffixing |
Morphology |
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| 30A |
Number of Genders |
None |
Nominal Categories |
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| 31A |
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems |
No gender |
Nominal Categories |
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| 32A |
Systems of Gender Assignment |
No gender |
Nominal Categories |
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural suffix |
Nominal Categories |
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| 35A |
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns |
Person-number stem + nominal plural affix |
Nominal Categories |
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| 36A |
The Associative Plural |
Associative same as additive plural |
Nominal Categories |
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examples
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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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| 52A |
Comitatives and Instrumentals |
Mixed |
Nominal Categories |
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examples
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| 53A |
Ordinal Numerals |
One-th, two-th, three-th |
Nominal Categories |
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| 56A |
Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers |
Formally similar, without interrogative |
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' different from 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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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 |
Maximal system |
Verbal Categories |
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Affixes on verbs |
Verbal Categories |
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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 |
No overlap |
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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| 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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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Genitive-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Adjective-Noun |
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 |
Numeral-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Relative clause-Noun |
Word Order |
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| 90B |
Prenominal relative clauses |
Relative clause-Noun (RelN) dominant |
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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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
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 |
Initial subordinator word |
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 |
OV and RelN |
Word Order |
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
OV 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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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
No antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108B |
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction |
no antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 109A |
Applicative Constructions |
No applicative construction |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 109B |
Other Roles of Applied Objects |
No applicative construction |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 111A |
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions |
Morphological but no compound |
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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| 113A |
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Both |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 114A |
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation |
A/Cat |
Simple Clauses |
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Interrogative verb morphology |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 117A |
Predicative Possession |
Locational |
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
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| 120A |
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals |
Possible |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 121A |
Comparative Constructions |
Locational |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
examples
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Identical |
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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| 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 |
[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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