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| ==Morphology== | | ==Morphology== |
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| ===Alignments===
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| ====Typology====
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| The typology of Adzaay is predominantly SOV or verb-final. Marked order is OSV. A morphological particle is inserted between the subject and the direct object which is ostensibly a case suffix combined with a case prefix; a different particle is used in marked order.
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| ====Morphosyntactic Alignment====
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| Adzaay alignment is tripartite, so nouns and pronouns are differentiated for subject, object, and agentive roles by use of case affixes and/or particles.
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| ====Headedness====
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| Adzaay is predominantly head-final, and this is reflected in many of its more granular alignments.
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| ====Noun Phrases====
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| A typical noun phrase is structured in the following order:
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| # —'''NOUN'''—
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| # Adposition
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| # Determiner
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| # Numeral
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| # Adjective (Phrase)
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| # Genitive (Phrase)
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| # Relative Clause
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| ====Adjective Phrases====
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| In adjective phrases, (adverbial) measurements of degree (very, less, too, &c.) follow the adjective.
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| # —'''ADJECTIVE'''—
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| # Degree Adverb (Phrase)
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| ====Verb Phrases====
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| As mentioned in Typology, Adzaay is a verb-final language, and as such, adverbs always immediately precede the verb. Verbs inflect for person, number, polarity, voice, mood, tense, and aspect.
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| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |