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*Default word order: VSO | *Default word order: VSO | ||
*Non-configurational (new news before the verb (often definite), old news after the verb (often indefinite)) | *Non-configurational (new news before the verb (often definite), old news after the verb (often indefinite)) | ||
*Topic-comment/thème-rhème & focus | |||
*Head-marking | *Head-marking | ||
*How are adjectives got rid of? | *How are adjectives got rid of? | ||
*Infixes? | *Infixes? | ||
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===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||
Adverbs, postpositions, interrogatives, demonstratives, conjunctions and interjections come under "particles". | Adverbs, postpositions, interrogatives, demonstratives, conjunctions and interjections come under "particles". | ||
==Syntax== | |||
===Word order=== | |||
*Default word order: VSO | |||
*Non-configurational (new news before the verb (often definite), old news after the verb (often indefinite)) | |||
===Animacy and agency=== | |||
Things go here. | |||
===Relative clauses=== | |||
Relative clauses | |||
===Subordination and coordination=== | |||
Subordination and coordination | |||
===Anaphora, cataphora and deixis=== | |||
Anaphora, cataphora and deixis | |||
===Definiteness=== | |||
Definite v. indefinite | |||
===Focus and topic=== | |||
Focus and topic (thème/rhème) | |||