rarissimum 63: pronoun of most respectful address recruited from pronoun of identity ((allerhöchst)dieselben), rather than from indefinite or least definite pronoun Where found 18th century…
rarissimum 63
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rarum 79
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rarum 79: (finite) verb-second word order in main declarative clauses (i.e., specifically VERB-second rather than more generally clitic-second or X-second) Where found many Germanic languages…
rarum 95
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rarum 95: passive constructions, with subject demoted, corresponding to active ones containing a reflexive pronoun (or reflexive marker) as a direct or indirect object, with…
rarum 111
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rarum 111: infix positioned after the last consonant of the onset of the stem, i.e., after the first consonant if there is only one or…
nonesuch 127
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nonesuch 127: word-stress sensitive to consonant voicing (such sensitivity to phonation being more characteristic of tone than of stress) Where found Pirahã (Mura-Pirahã, Macro-Chibchan) Domain…
rarissimum 143
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rarissimum 143: only a single adjective – that is, one item of a word class distinct from other word classes (in particular nouns and verbs)…
nonesuch 13
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nonesuch 13: four-way phonemic contrast of dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, and retroflex stops Where found Nunggubuyu (non-Pama Nyungan, Australian) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords stops,…
Universal 1000: posterior consecutive deranking & VSO ⇒ absolute deranking
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nonesuch 2: a basic colour term for TURQUOISE Where found Tsakhur (Nakh-Daghestanian) Domain lexicon Subdomain basic terms Keywords colour terms Type nonesuch Universals violated Source…