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Section 4 · 16 answers

Typology

  1. How is "Writer/reader-responsible language" correlated with synthetic/analytic languages?9 September 2014✓ Accepted
  2. Do all languages have sentences?23 July 2013
  3. Do any languages have clear morpho-syntactic constructions that mark backgrounding and foregrounding?16 June 2013✓ Accepted
  4. What do all languages have in common?12 July 2014✓ Accepted
  5. Why are spoken languages more common than signed languages?7 May 2014✓ Accepted
  6. What are some grammatical features found only in modern languages?3 December 2014
  7. What are the exact relations between Slovak and Slovene?24 June 2013
  8. Do other languages distinguish the verbs "to drink" when talking about alcohol?2 February 2015
  9. What languages are writer-responsible?4 March 2015✓ Accepted
  10. Why do many languages tend to use plural forms to impart formality or deference?2 April 2015
  11. Is the concept of a verb-subject complete sentence a cultural/linguistic invariant?3 April 2015
  12. Why do some languages partition 'to know' into 2 or more verbs?4 June 2015
  13. Assuming that passives need verbal morphology, which languages commonly said to have a passive do not actually count?23 July 2015
  14. Is there any language which doesn't have "hello", "thank you" or "please"?13 October 2015
  15. Is English of neutral or accusative alignment in verbal person marking?18 October 2015
  16. Is there a language in which feminine is the unmarked gender?5 November 2015