analysis of nominal categories of wals info for german features

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analysis of nominal categories of wals info for german features

analysis of nominal categories of wals info for german features : 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57

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analysis of nominal categories of wals info for german features : 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57
check out the features and values on the excel file for german, for instance explain number of genders explain three then give examples for german! Go value by value like this value 30: , value 31 : etc. do not skip any values do not combine them! You can get help from wals info
note : you will need to fill in the 56.th value for german on the excel file!

C    Germany    French
P    Average    Average
P    Large (7-14)    Large (7-14)
P    Low    Low
P    In both plosives and fricatives    In both plosives and fricatives
P    None missing in /p t k b d g/    None missing in /p t k b d g/
P    Uvular continuants only    Uvular continuants only
P    No glottalized consonants    No glottalized consonants
P    /l/, no obstruent laterals    /l/, no obstruent laterals
P    No initial velar nasal    No velar nasal
P    Contrast absent    Contrast present
P    High and mid    High and mid
P    Complex    Complex
P    No tones    No tones
P    No fixed stress    No fixed stress
P    Right-oriented: One of the last three    Right-edge: Ultimate or penultimate
P    Coda consonant    Prominence
P    Trochaic    Undetermined
P    All present    All present
P    None    None
M    Exclusively concatenative    Exclusively concatenative
M    Case + number    No case
M    2-3 categories per word    4-5 categories per word
M    Dependent marking    No marking
M    Dependent marking    Dependent marking
M    Dependent marking    Inconsistent or other
M    Strongly suffixing    Strongly suffixing
M    No productive reduplication    No productive reduplication
M    Core and non-core    Core and non-core
M    Syncretic    Syncretic
NC    Three    Two
NC    Sex-based    Sex-based
NC    Semantic and formal    Semantic and formal
NC    Plural suffix    Plural suffix
NC    All nouns, always obligatory    All nouns, always obligatory
NC    Person-number stem    Person-number stem + nominal plural affix
NC    Unique periphrastic associative plural    No associative plural
NC    Definite word distinct from demonstrative    Definite word distinct from demonstrative
NC    Indefinite word same as one’    Indefinite word same as one’
NC    No inclusive/exclusive    No inclusive/exclusive
NC    No inclusive/exclusive    No inclusive/exclusive
NC    No distance contrast    No distance contrast
NC    Identical    Different stem
NC    Related by gender markers    Related by gender markers
NC    3rd person singular only    3rd person singular only
NC    Binary politeness distinction    Binary politeness distinction
NC    Mixed    Generic-noun-based
NC    Differentiated    Differentiated
NC    No person marking    No person marking
NC    4 cases    No morphological case-marking
NC    Syncretism in relevant NP-types     No case-marking
NC    Case suffixes    Prepositional clitics
NC    Identity    Identity
NC    First, two-th, three-th    First, second, three-th
NC    Marked by preceding word    No distributive numerals
NC    Absent    Absent
NC    *    Formally different
NC    No possessive affixes    No possessive affixes
NS    Absent    Absent
NS    No possessive classification    No possessive classification
NS    *    Highly differentiated
NS    *    Without marking
NS    Ergative-Possessive    Ergative-Possessive
NS    *    And’ different from with’
NS    Identity     Identity
VC    No grammatical marking    Grammatical marking
VC    Present, no remoteness distinctions    Present, no remoteness distinctions
VC    No inflectional future    Inflectional future exists
VC    From possessive    From possessive
VC    Tense-aspect suffixes    Tense-aspect suffixes
VC    Second singular    Second singular
VC    Normal imperative + normal negative    Normal imperative + normal negative
VC    Neither type of system    Neither type of system
VC    Inflectional optative absent    Inflectional optative absent
VC    Verbal constructions    Verbal constructions
VC    Verbal constructions    Verbal constructions
VC    Overlap for both possibility and necessity    Overlap for both possibility and necessity
VC    Indirect only    Indirect only
VC    Modal morpheme    Modal morpheme
VC    Tense    Tense and aspect
VC    None     None
WO    No dominant order    SVO
WO    SV    SV
WO    No dominant order    VO
WO    No dominant order    VOX
WO    Prepositions    Prepositions
WO    Noun-Genitive    Noun-Genitive
WO    Adjective-Noun    Noun-Adjective
WO    Demonstrative-Noun    Demonstrative-Noun
WO    Numeral-Noun    Numeral-Noun
WO    Noun-Relative clause    Noun-Relative clause
WO    Degree word-Adjective    Degree word-Adjective
WO    No question particle    Initial
WO    Initial interrogative phrase    Initial interrogative phrase
WO    Initial subordinator word    Initial subordinator word
WO    Other    VO and Prepositions
WO    Other    VO and Nrel
WO    Other    VO and Nadj
SC    Nominative €“ accusative (standard)    Neutral
SC    Nominative €“ accusative (standard)    Nominative €“ accusative (standard)
SC    Accusative    Accusative
SC    Obligatory pronouns in subject position    Obligatory pronouns in subject position
SC    Only the A argument    Only the A argument
SC    No zero realization     No zero realization
SC    A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb     A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb
SC    Indirect-object construction    Indirect-object construction
SC    Mixed    Mixed
SC    Present    Present
SC    No antipassive    No antipassive
SC    No applicative construction    No applicative construction
SC    Sequential but no purposive    *
SC    Morphological but no compound    Both
SC    Negative particle    Negative particle
SC     Symmetric    Symmetric
SC     Non-assignable    Non-assignable
SC    No predicate negation    Mixed behaviour
SC    Interrogative word order    Question particle
SC    haben’ und Genitive    *
SC    Nonverbal encoding    Nonverbal encoding
SC    Identical    Identical
SC    Impossible    Impossible
SC    Particle Comparative    Particle
CS    Relative pronoun    Relative pronoun
CS    Relative pronoun    Relative pronoun
CS    Subject is left implicit    Subject is left implicit
CS    Balanced/deranked    Deranked
CS    Balanced/deranked    Balanced/deranked
CS    Balanced    Balanced/deranked
CS    *    Balanced/deranked
L     Different    Different
L    Different    Different
L     Decimal    Decimal
L    6    6
L    11    11
L    Green vs. blue    Green vs. blue
L     Red vs. yellow    Red vs. yellow
L    M-T pronouns, paradigmatic    M-T pronouns, paradigmatic
L    No N-M pronouns    No N-M pronouns
L     Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te     Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te
WO    Type 1 / Type 2    OptDoubleNeg
WO    More than one position    *