rarum 123: the verb ‘to eat’ grammaticalized as middle or auto-benefactive marker (‘to do something for oneself, on one’s own’), possibly via a meaning ‘to…
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rarissimum 139
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rarissimum 139: adverbs agreeing in voice with the verbs they modify Where found Maori (Austronesian) Domain syntax Subdomain agreement: controllers, targets, categories, domains, conditions Keywords…
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rarissimum 28: phonemic secondary ‘labio-palatalization’(simultaneous labial rounding and palatal constriction) Where found Twi (Kwa, Niger-Congo); French (Romance, IE) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords palatalization…
rarissimum 44
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rarissimum 44: internally unanalysable independent personal pronoun expressing the meaning ‘1st person singular non-topic acting on 2nd person singular topic’ Where found Tagalog (Philippine Austronesian)…
rarum 60
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rarum 60: contrast in personal pronouns for moyety, kin class, and generation level membership Where found Adnyamadhanha and other Australian lgs Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain…
rarissimum 76
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rarissimum 76: adverb as a distinct word class but not adjective Where found Kambera (Malayo-Polynesian); Kwaza (unclassified, S. Rondônia, Brazil) Domain syntax Subdomain word classes…
nonesuch 92
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nonesuch 92: 3rd person independent pronouns as the only NPs to inflectionally distinguish subject and object Where found Washo (Hokan) Domain syntax Subdomain grammatical relations:…
rarissimum 108
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rarissimum 108: consonant ablaut (aka “permutation” or “polarity”): phonological alternation of stem-initial consonants conditioned by suffix Where found Fulani and some other Atlantic languages, but…
rarissimum 124
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rarissimum 124: voiceless apico-dental plosive followed by a voiceless bilabial trill behaving as a single segment(see Image) Where found in about a dozen words each…
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nonesuch 140: number distinction (singular/plural) only on 2nd person pronouns, as well as on determiner demonstratives, and not on any other pronouns (including 1st) or…