nonesuch 85: attributive adjectives agreeing (in gender, number, case) when they precede their noun but not when they follow it (using the invariable stem here)…
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nonesuch 85: attributive adjectives agreeing (in gender, number, case) when they precede their noun but not when they follow it (using the invariable stem here)…
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nonesuch 129: eight basic colour terms, of which no less than four are for REDs: shocking pink, burgundy, reddish brown, and wine red Where found…
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nonesuch 86: determiners and modifiers agreeing in all relevant agreement categories (gender, number, case) with only one of two or more conjoined nouns sharing these…
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nonesuch 132: a phoneme inventory with almost 40 times as many consonants as vowels Where found Ubykh (Northwest Caucasian) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords…
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nonesuch 90: accusative alignment for proper names and kin terms (as used for address), tripartite alignment for singular pronouns, neutral alignment for non-singular pronouns and…
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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…
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nonesuch 20: Foot Harmony: If at least one foot of a word constitutes a canonical /∪’- / iamb, then all feet of the word are…
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nonesuch 92: 3rd person independent pronouns as the only NPs to inflectionally distinguish subject and object Where found Washo (Hokan) Domain syntax Subdomain grammatical relations:…
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nonesuch 138: mixed ergative-accusative alignment, with person prefixes on intransitive verbs cross-referencing subject and person prefixes on transitive verbs cross-referencing object (=absolutive), while verbs also…
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nonesuch 22: word-stress on post-postinitial syllable Where found Winnebago (Siouan) Domain phonology Subdomain word-stress Keywords post-postinitial syllable Type nonesuch Universals violated ?, ?, Source Miner,…