rarum 47: use of an oblique case on a non-finite verb form to express evidentiality (hearsay, inferential) Where found Estonian and South Estonian dialects (Uralic);…
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rarissimum 63
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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…
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)…
rarissimum 32
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rarissimum 32: plural marking of a small subset of nouns (persons, kin) by lengthening of the vowel of the antepenultimate syllable, not a salient structural…
rarissimum 48
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rarissimum 48: words taking as many as four cases simultaneously Where found Kayardild ((non?)PN, Australian) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords case, Suffixaufnahme Type rarissimum…
nonesuch 64
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nonesuch 64: a three-way distinction of possession for possessive pronouns, which also distinguish inclusive and exclusive: alienable, inalienable, family possession Where found Khinalug (Lezgic, NE…