rarum 82: parasitic gaps (rather than an overt resumptive pronouns), licensed in main clauses if and only if a coreferential NP in a topicalized, fronted…
rarum 82
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nonesuch 98
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nonesuch 98: the two meanings ‘sun’ and ‘future tense’ expressed by the same form (because the future is grammaticalized from the adverb sina ‘tomorrow’, which…
rarissimum 114
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rarissimum 114: stem suppletion of the verb ‘say’ determined by the person of the addressee Where found some Oto-Manguean lgs Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain suppletion…
rarum 130
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rarum 130: a basic colour term for undifferentiated YELLOW-GREEN-BLUE, as a “catch-everything-else” category in addition to BLACK, WHITE, and RED Where found Arrernte (PN, Australian);…
nonesuch 146
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nonesuch 146: different forms of the verb ‘to say’ depending on the sex of the person whose speaking is reported:bada ‘[a man] said’, mana ‘[a…
rarissimum 35
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rarissimum 35: zero exponence for plural, non-zero for singular (not singulative!) as well as dual Where found Imonda (Trans-New Guinea, “Papuan”) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain…
nonesuch 51
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nonesuch 51: lack of even a minimal binary contrast (proximal/distal) in basic local adverbial deictics Where found Bavarian (Germanic, IE) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity…
nonesuch 67
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nonesuch 67: a three-way distinction among personal pronouns between ‘singular speaker’, ‘singular non-speaker’ (i.e. addressee or other), ‘plural’ (any speech-act role or combination of roles).…
rarum 83
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rarum 83: some noun-phrase internal agreement but no agreement at clause level Where found (some) Pama-Nyungan (Australian); modern Continental Scandinavian Germanic (IE) Domain syntax Subdomain…
infrequentale (family possession) 99: high and low vowels as one class as opposed to mid vowels in determining vowel harmony Where found Swahili and perhaps…