Difference between revisions of "Typological Features Template for Logba"
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| − | | | + | | + ATR o u i e -ATR ɔ ɛ a |
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|Tone | |Tone | ||
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|Syllable Structure | |Syllable Structure | ||
| − | | | + | |CV C CCV |
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|'''Morpho-syntactic Features''' | |'''Morpho-syntactic Features''' | ||
| − | | | + | |SVO |
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|morphological classification (1) | |morphological classification (1) | ||
| − | | | + | |Agglutinative according to these parameters if possible. |
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|morphological classification (2) | |morphological classification (2) | ||
| − | | | + | |Head marking language |
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|'''Nominal Phrases''' | |'''Nominal Phrases''' | ||
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|syntactic structure | |syntactic structure | ||
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|nominal modification | |nominal modification | ||
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|nominal specification | |nominal specification | ||
| − | |In this field you indicate the basic types of specification. Does [your language] have determiners, demonstratives (deixis), numerals, quantifiers. Are there affixes expressing reference, deixis. | + | |In this field you indicate the basic types of specification. Does [your language] have determiners, demonstratives (deixis), numerals, quantifiers. Are there affixes expressing reference, deixis. |
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|possession | |possession | ||
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|word order | |word order | ||
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|TAM | |TAM | ||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 18 November 2009
by Francisca Adzo Adjei
| Feature | Description |
| Phonological Features | In the following fields you describe the phonological inventory of Logba |
| Vowel inventory | ɔ ɛ a o u i e |
| Vowel harmony | + ATR o u i e -ATR ɔ ɛ a |
| Consonant inventory | In this field you describe the consonants of [Logba] |
| Tone | H L LH HL |
| Syllable Structure | CV C CCV |
| Morpho-syntactic Features | SVO |
| morphological classification (1) | Agglutinative according to these parameters if possible. |
| morphological classification (2) | Head marking language |
| Nominal Phrases | In the following fields follows a description of some of the basic morpho-syntactic properties of nominal constituents |
| syntactic structure | N Adj Det Int. |
| nominal modification | In this field you indicate the basic types of nominal modification (adjectives, relative clauses, adpositions...) |
| nominal specification | In this field you indicate the basic types of specification. Does [your language] have determiners, demonstratives (deixis), numerals, quantifiers. Are there affixes expressing reference, deixis. |
| possession | In this field you describe how possession is expressed (for example, syntactically or by use of prepositions, through juxtaposition or morphologically) Does [your language] feature possessive pronouns? |
| pronominal system | In this field you indicate if [your language] has free pronoun forms? Are pronouns marked for their grammatical function (object versus subject pronouns)? Does your language have bound pronouns (affixes) or pronoun doubling? Are reflexives expressed by pronouns? |
| Verbal Phrases | In the following fields serve for the description of some of the basic morpho-syntactic properties of verbal constituents |
| word order | ( SVO) |
| TAM | In this field you indicate which tense and/or aspects are morphologically or tonally marked; does [your language] make use of periphrastic tense or aspect constructions? |
| infinitival forms | In this field you indicate if [Logba] makes use of an infinitive marker? How many infinitival forms does your language have? |
| verbal constructions | In this field you indicate if [Logba] has ditransitive constructions, serial verb constructions or complex verb forms composed of several verbs. Does your language have so called light verbs, perhaps only used to indicate a certain tense or aspect? |
| Adpositions | In this field you indicate if [your language[ makes use of prepositions or postpositions. Does your language have spatial nouns? Does your language use adpositions or particles to indicate grammatical relations between the verb and a nominal argument? |
| Complementation | In this field you describe complementation strategies. Does [Logba] make use of complementizers? |
| Special Properties of [Logba] | In this field you should mention properties of [your language] which did not fit into any of the other categories mentioned in this template |