| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strongly suffixing |
Morphology |
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
Productive full and partial reduplication |
Morphology |
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural suffix |
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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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
No adpositions |
Nominal Categories |
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 52A |
Comitatives and Instrumentals |
Differentiation |
Nominal Categories |
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| 55A |
Numeral Classifiers |
Absent |
Nominal Categories |
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
No possessive affixes |
Nominal Categories |
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
No tense-aspect inflection |
Verbal Categories |
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Special imperative + special negative |
Verbal Categories |
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
No grammatical evidentials |
Verbal Categories |
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
No grammatical evidentials |
Verbal Categories |
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
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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| 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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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Noun-Relative clause |
Word Order |
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
Noun-Relative clause (NRel) dominant |
Word Order |
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Initial |
Word Order |
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Internal subordinator word |
Word Order |
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examples
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
OV and NRel |
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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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Split |
Simple Clauses |
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject clitics on variable host |
Simple Clauses |
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
Zero in all 3rd person forms |
Simple Clauses |
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
Both orders of A and P occur |
Simple Clauses |
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| 106A |
Reciprocal Constructions |
Distinct from reflexive |
Simple Clauses |
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examples
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Present |
Simple Clauses |
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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
Oblique patient |
Simple Clauses |
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Double negation |
Simple Clauses |
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Identical |
Lexicon |
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examples
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| 130B |
Cultural Categories of Languages with Identity of 'Finger' and 'Hand' |
Hunter-gatherers |
Lexicon |
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| 136A |
M-T Pronouns |
No M-T pronouns |
Lexicon |
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| 136B |
M in First Person Singular |
No m in first person singular |
Lexicon |
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| 137A |
N-M Pronouns |
No N-M pronouns |
Lexicon |
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| 137B |
M in Second Person Singular |
No m in second person singular |
Lexicon |
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
ObligDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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| 143B |
Obligatory Double Negation |
Neg[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
[V-Neg] |
Word Order |
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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 |
ObligDoubleNeg |
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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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
ObligNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144F |
Obligatory Double Negation in SVO languages |
NegS[V-Neg]O |
Word Order |
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| 144H |
NegSVO Order |
OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144I |
SNegVO Order |
No SNegVO |
Word Order |
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
Suffix&OnlyWithAnotherNeg |
Word Order |
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
No SVONeg |
Word Order |
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