| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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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 |
Long vowel |
Phonology |
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| 17A |
Rhythm Types |
Dual: both trochaic and iambic |
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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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Demonstrative word used as definite article |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
No indefinite, but definite article |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 39B |
Inclusive/Exclusive Forms in Pama-Nyungan |
Inclusive and exclusive differentiated |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Interrogative-based |
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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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
No possessive affixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
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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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 |
OV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
No adpositions |
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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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Internally headed |
Word Order |
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comment
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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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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Initial |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Initial interrogative phrase |
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 |
OV and AdjN |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Optional pronouns in subject position |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 110A |
Periphrastic Causative Constructions |
Purposive but no sequential |
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 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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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Nonverbal encoding |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Different |
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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| 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 |
NegSOV |
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 |
Beginning, not immed preverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
NegSOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
NoDoubleNeg |
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 |
NoSOVNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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