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 32
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syntax
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…
rarum 119
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rarum 119: “conjunct vs. disjunct” system of (bound) person marking, with the conjunct form referring to the speaker in statements and the addressee in questions,…
rarum 33
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rarum 33: negation expressed negatively, by omission of material present in affirmative clause (marked realis vs. unmarked irrealis mood inflection) Where found Tamil, Kannada, Toda,…
rarissimum 49
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rarissimum 49: an extra-large case inventory, of above 20 cases Where found Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) (?) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords case Type rarissimum…
rarum 65
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rarum 65: inclusive/exclusive contrast for 2nd person (‘you several, non-SAPs included/excluded’) Where found SE Ambrym (Austronesian), Port Sandwich (Austronesian) (?); Yokuts (Yokutsan); Ojibwe, Cree, Fox,…
nonesuch 134
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nonesuch 134: dual forms of personal pronouns (all three persons) as the basic forms from which both singular and plural are formed by suffixation Where…
rarissimum 34
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rarissimum 34: verb inflection with non-zero exponent for 3rd person (subject or object agreement/cross-reference), but zero for all other persons Where found Standard English (Germanic,…
rarissimum 50
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rarissimum 50: an extra-large inventory of pronominal words, of some 200 Where found Rennell (Futunic, Polynesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords pronoun…