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…
nonesuch 134
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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…
rarum 66
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rarum 66: dual with 1st person exclusive but not with 1st person inclusive Where found Yagua (Ge-Pano-Carib); Tübatulabal (Uto-Aztecan) (?); Savosavo (East Papuan) (?); Ngankikurrungkurr…
nonesuch 140
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nonesuch 140: number distinction (singular/plural) only on 2nd person pronouns, as well as on determiner demonstratives, and not on any other pronouns (including 1st) or…
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 147
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rarum 147: an imperative of distant future, as opposed to an imperative of near future; formed from near-future imperative verb forms plus the ablative singular…
infrequentale (family possession) 36: inverse number marking: same exponent denoting singular, dual, or plural in different declensions, depending on which number is least expected from…