rarum 29: use of metathesis (CV ~ VC) for grammatical purposes, viz. to express distinctions of aspect and/or definiteness, or of word-class (noun-verb) Where found…
rarum 29
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Tag: subdomain: markedness: case
subdomain: markedness: case
rarum 30
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rarum 30: case distinction exclusively by tone Where found Eastern (or Para-)Nilotic (Nilo-Saharan); (some) Cushitic, (some) Omotic (?) (Afroasiatic); (some) Bantu, Bantoid, Kwa (Niger-Congo); Burmese…
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:…
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…
infrequentale (family possession) 109: bound morphology (almost) exclusively prefixal Where found Athabaskan lgs [a family possession?] Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain types of exponents and their…
infrequentale (family possession) 110: verb-final and postpositions, but bound morphology (almost) exclusively prefixal Where found Athabaskan lgs [a family possession?] Domain morphology, syntax Subdomain types…
rarum 111
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rarum 111: infix positioned after the last consonant of the onset of the stem, i.e., after the first consonant if there is only one or…
nonesuch 112
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nonesuch 112: infix positioned after the vowel of the penultimate syllable of the stem Where found Alabama (Muskogean) Domain phonology, morphology Subdomain types of exponents…
rarissimum 113
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rarissimum 113: infix positioned after the second syllable of the stem Where found Dakota (Siouan) (?) Domain phonology, morphology Subdomain types of exponents and their…