nonesuch 90: accusative alignment for proper names and kin terms (as used for address), tripartite alignment for singular pronouns, neutral alignment for non-singular pronouns and…
nonesuch 90
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nonesuch 106
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nonesuch 106: pitch accent and lexical tone as independent contrasting categories of word prosody Where found Papiamentu (Iberian-based creole) Domain phonology Subdomain word-stress, tone Keywords…
rarum 123
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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…
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…
rarissimum 43
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rarissimum 43: definite article co-expressing tense (past vs. non-past) Where found Chamicuro (Maipuran Arawakan) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain cumulation, sensitivity Keywords definite article, tense Type…
nonesuch 59
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nonesuch 59: contrast in pronouns for 3rd person for number (SG/PL), gender (both of the referent and of the speaker), kin relationship between speaker and…
rarum (or infrequentale?) 75: kinship verbs, i.e., pure kinship relations normally expressed by canonical transitive verbs rather than by nouns (which may also exist, though…
rarissimum 91
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rarissimum 91: double-oblique alignment, with one case (or other coding device) for both subject and object in transitive clauses and another case (or other coding…
nonesuch 107
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nonesuch 107: tonal patterns (initial lowering delayed by one mora, tonal alternations in inflected verb forms and in combinations of nouns with following particles) dependent…