Language Typology

  1. Syntactic Typology
    1. Word Order Typology
      1. Basic Word Order
        1. Subject-Verb-Object
          1. Subject-Object-Verb
            1. Verb-Subject-Object
              1. Verb-Object-Subject
                1. Object-Verb-Subject
                  1. Object-Subject-Verb
                  2. Word Order Correlations
                    1. Greenberg's Word Order Universals
                      1. Harmonic Word Orders
                        1. Disharmonic Word Orders
                          1. Exceptions and Counterexamples
                          2. Word Order Flexibility
                            1. Fixed Word Order
                              1. Free Word Order
                                1. Pragmatically Determined Order
                              2. Phrase Structure Typology
                                1. Noun Phrase Structure
                                  1. Noun and Adjective Order
                                    1. Noun and Numeral Order
                                      1. Noun and Demonstrative Order
                                        1. Genitive and Noun Order
                                          1. Relative Clause Position
                                          2. Verb Phrase Structure
                                            1. Verb and Object Order
                                              1. Auxiliary Verb Position
                                                1. Adverbial Placement
                                                2. Adpositional Phrases
                                                  1. Prepositions
                                                    1. Postpositions
                                                      1. Circumpositions
                                                        1. Adposition-Noun Order Correlations
                                                      2. Head-Dependent Relations
                                                        1. Head-Marking
                                                          1. Marking on Heads
                                                            1. Head-Marking Languages
                                                              1. Functions of Head-Marking
                                                              2. Dependent-Marking
                                                                1. Marking on Dependents
                                                                  1. Dependent-Marking Languages
                                                                    1. Functions of Dependent-Marking
                                                                    2. Double-Marking
                                                                      1. Redundant Marking
                                                                        1. Double-Marking Languages
                                                                        2. Zero-Marking
                                                                          1. Absence of Morphological Marking
                                                                            1. Zero-Marking Strategies
                                                                          2. Grammatical Relations
                                                                            1. Subject Properties
                                                                              1. Behavioral Properties
                                                                                1. Coding Properties
                                                                                  1. Subject Tests
                                                                                  2. Object Properties
                                                                                    1. Direct Objects
                                                                                      1. Indirect Objects
                                                                                        1. Object Tests
                                                                                        2. Pivot Systems
                                                                                          1. Syntactic Pivots
                                                                                            1. Pivot Selection
                                                                                              1. Pivot Functions
                                                                                            2. Voice and Valency
                                                                                              1. Passive Voice
                                                                                                1. Passive Formation
                                                                                                  1. Passive Functions
                                                                                                    1. Impersonal Passives
                                                                                                    2. Antipassive Voice
                                                                                                      1. Antipassive Formation
                                                                                                        1. Antipassive Functions
                                                                                                          1. Ergative Language Antipassives
                                                                                                          2. Causative Constructions
                                                                                                            1. Morphological Causatives
                                                                                                              1. Syntactic Causatives
                                                                                                                1. Causative Chains
                                                                                                                2. Applicative Constructions
                                                                                                                  1. Benefactive Applicatives
                                                                                                                    1. Locative Applicatives
                                                                                                                      1. Instrumental Applicatives
                                                                                                                    2. Complex Sentence Structure
                                                                                                                      1. Coordination
                                                                                                                        1. Conjunctive Coordination
                                                                                                                          1. Disjunctive Coordination
                                                                                                                            1. Adversative Coordination
                                                                                                                              1. Coordination Strategies
                                                                                                                              2. Subordination
                                                                                                                                1. Complement Clauses
                                                                                                                                  1. Adverbial Clauses
                                                                                                                                    1. Relative Clauses
                                                                                                                                    2. Clause Chaining
                                                                                                                                      1. Switch-Reference Systems
                                                                                                                                        1. Medial Verbs
                                                                                                                                          1. Sequential Constructions
                                                                                                                                          2. Serial Verb Constructions
                                                                                                                                            1. Serial Verb Properties
                                                                                                                                              1. Serial Verb Functions
                                                                                                                                                1. Cross-Linguistic Distribution

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