rarissimum 117: sets of local cases regularly distinguishing whether locatum is above, below, or on same level as deictic reference point Where found Bantawa, Belhare,…
rarissimum 117
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syntax
nonesuch 31
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nonesuch 31: reduplication of verb to form finite verb of restrictive relative clauses with non-actor head nouns Where found Wetan (Eastern Indonesian, Austronesian) Domain morphology:…
rarum 47
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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);…
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…
rarissimum 118
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rarissimum 118: neither tense nor aspect grammaticalized at all Where found Maybrat, Hatam, perhaps further languages of the Bird’s Head area, New Guinea (non-Austronesian) Domain…
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…
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,…