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…
nonesuch 2
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nonesuch 18
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nonesuch 18: a ternary constraint on prosodic word size: minimal word must be a trimoraic foot Where found Gilbertese (Micronesian) Domain phonology Subdomain foot structure…
nonesuch 3
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nonesuch 3: (a) two basic colour terms for BLUE and LIGHT BLUE (b) and at the same time none for PURPLE Where found (a) Russian,…
nonesuch 19
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nonesuch 19: trimoraic and quadrimoraic syllables as a normal syllable type in the native vocabulary, with moras as prosody-bearing units (not just units of syllabic…
rarum 14
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rarum 14: lack of bilabial nasal and possibly bilabial stops Where found Iroquois; Tlingit (Na-Dene) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords bilabial, nasal, stops Type…
rarissimum 15
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rarissimum 15: three-way quantity contrast of both vowels and consonants Where found Estonian (?), Livonian (?), Saami (?) (all Uralic) Domain phonology Subdomain quantity Keywords…
nonesuch 16
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nonesuch 16: phonemic contrast between diphthong and vowel followed by glide (see Image) Where found Maastricht Dutch (Germanic, IE) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords…
nonesuch 1
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nonesuch 1: b-ö-f ‘ox’ Where found French Domain lexicon Subdomain sound-meaning matching Keywords cattle Type nonesuch Universals violated none Source Saussure, Ferdinand de (1985). Cours…
rarum (or infrequentale?) 17: Resolved Moraic Trochee as foot type Where found (esp. older) Germanic (IE); Cayuvava (Andean-Equatorial) (?) Domain phonology Subdomain foot structure Keywords…
nonesuch 20
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nonesuch 20: Foot Harmony: If at least one foot of a word constitutes a canonical /∪’- / iamb, then all feet of the word are…