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);…
rarum 47
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syntax
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…