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Section 4 · 16 answers
Typology
- How is "Writer/reader-responsible language" correlated with synthetic/analytic languages?
- Do all languages have sentences?
- Do any languages have clear morpho-syntactic constructions that mark backgrounding and foregrounding?
- What do all languages have in common?
- Why are spoken languages more common than signed languages?
- What are some grammatical features found only in modern languages?
- What are the exact relations between Slovak and Slovene?
- Do other languages distinguish the verbs "to drink" when talking about alcohol?
- What languages are writer-responsible?
- Why do many languages tend to use plural forms to impart formality or deference?
- Is the concept of a verb-subject complete sentence a cultural/linguistic invariant?
- Why do some languages partition 'to know' into 2 or more verbs?
- Assuming that passives need verbal morphology, which languages commonly said to have a passive do not actually count?
- Is there any language which doesn't have "hello", "thank you" or "please"?
- Is English of neutral or accusative alignment in verbal person marking?
- Is there a language in which feminine is the unmarked gender?