Grambank Features List for Language Documentation

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1	Grambank Feature		Basic Category	Subcategory	Y/N	Conlang Description and Example(s)

2	GB020	Are there definite or specific articles?	Noun	Article
3	GB021	Do indefinite nominals commonly have indefinite articles?	Noun	Article
4	GB022	Are there prenominal articles?	Noun	Article
5	GB023	Are there postnominal articles?	Noun	Article
6	GB024	What is the order of numeral and noun in the NP?	Noun	Numeral
7	GB025	What is the order of adnominal demonstrative and noun?	Noun	Demonstrative
8	GB026	Can adnominal property words occur discontinuously?	Noun	Property Word
9	GB027	Are nominal conjunction and comitative expressed by different elements?	Noun	Case/Flag
10	GB028	Is there a distinction between inclusive and exclusive?	Noun	Pronoun
11	GB030	Is there a gender distinction in independent 3rd person pronouns?	Noun	Pronoun
12	GB031	Is there a dual or unit augmented form (in addition to plural or augmented) for all person categories in the pronoun system?	Noun	Pronoun
13	GB035	Are there three or more distance contrasts in the demonstratives?	Noun	Demonstrative
14	GB036	Do demonstratives show an elevation distinction?	Noun	Demonstrative
15	GB037	Do demonstratives show a visible-nonvisible distinction?	Noun	Demonstrative
16	GB038	Are there demonstrative classifiers?	Noun	Demonstrative
17	GB039	Is there nonphonological allomorphy of noun number markers?	Noun	Number
18	GB041	Are there several nouns (more than three) which are suppletive for number?	Noun	Number
19	GB042	Is there productive overt morphological singular marking on nouns?	Noun	Number
20	GB043	Is there productive morphological dual marking on nouns?	Noun	Number
21	GB044	Is there productive morphological plural marking on nouns?	Noun	Number
22	GB046	Is there an associative plural marker for nouns?	Noun	Number
23	GB047	Is there a productive morphological pattern for deriving an action/state noun from a verb?	Noun	Formation
24	GB048	Is there a productive morphological pattern for deriving an agent noun from a verb?	Noun	Formation
25	GB049	Is there a productive morphological pattern for deriving an object noun from a verb?	Noun	Formation
26	GB051	Is there a gender/noun class system where sex is a factor in class assignment?	Noun	Class
27	GB052	Is there a gender/nounclass system where shape is a factor in class assignment?	Noun	Class
28	GB053	Is there a gender/noun class system where animacy is a factor in class assignment?	Noun	Class
29	GB054	Is there a gender/noun class system where plant status is a factor in class assignment?	Noun	Class
30	GB057	Are there numeral classifiers?	Noun	Numeral
31	GB058	Are there possessive classifiers?	Noun	Possession
32	GB059	Is the adnominal possessive construction different for alienable and inalienable nouns?	Noun	Possession
33	GB065	What is the pragmatically unmarked order of adnominal possessor noun and possessed noun?	Noun	Possession
34	GB068	Do core adjectives (defined semantically as property concepts such as value, shape, age, dimension) act like verbs in predicative position?	Clause	Core Adjective
35	GB069	Do core adjectives (defined semantically as property concepts such as value, shape, age, dimension) used attributively require the same morphological treatment as verbs?	Clause	Core Adjective
36	GB070	Are there morphological cases for non-pronominal core arguments (i.e. S/A/P)?	Noun	Case/Flag
37	GB071	Are there morphological cases for pronominal core arguments (i.e. S/A/P)?	Noun	Case/Flag
38	GB072	Are there morphological cases for oblique non-pronominal NPs (i.e. not S/A/P)?	Noun	Case/Flag
39	GB073	Are there morphological cases for independent oblique personal pronominal arguments (i.e. not S/A/P)?	Noun	Case/Flag
40	GB074	Are there prepositions?	Clause	Order
41	GB075	Are there postpositions?	Clause	Order
42	GB079	Do verbs have prefixes/proclitics, other than those that only mark A, S or P (do include portmanteau: A & S + TAM)?	Verb	TAM
43	GB080	Do verbs have suffixes/enclitics, other than those that only mark A, S or P (do include portmanteau: A & S + TAM)?	Verb	TAM
44	GB081	Is there productive infixation in verbs?	Verb	TAM
45	GB082	Is there overt morphological marking of present tense on verbs?	Verb	TAM
46	GB083	Is there overt morphological marking on the verb dedicated to past tense?	Verb	TAM
47	GB084	Is there overt morphological marking on the verb dedicated to future tense?	Verb	TAM
48	GB086	Is a morphological distinction between perfective and imperfective aspect available on verbs?	Verb	TAM
49	GB089	Can the S argument be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
50	GB090	Can the S argument be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
51	GB091	Can the A argument be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
52	GB092	Can the A argument be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
53	GB093	Can the P argument be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
54	GB094	Can the P argument be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb in the simple main clause?	Verb	Index
55	GB095	Are variations in marking strategies of core participants based on TAM distinctions?	Noun	Case/Flag
56	GB096	Are variations in marking strategies of core participants based on verb classes?	Noun	Case/Flag
57	GB098	Are variations in marking strategies of core participants based on person distinctions?	Noun	Case/Flag
58	GB099	Can verb stems alter according to the person of a core participant?	Verb	Index
59	GB103	Is there a benefactive applicative marker on the verb (including indexing)?	Verb	Index
60	GB104	Is there an instrumental applicative marker on the verb (including indexing)?	Verb	Index
61	GB105	Can the recipient in a ditransitive construction be marked like the monotransitive patient?	Clause	Construction
62	GB107	Can standard negation be marked by an affix, clitic or modification of the verb?	Verb	Negation
63	GB108	Is there directional or locative morphological marking on verbs?	Verb	Formation
64	GB109	Is there verb suppletion for participant number?	Verb	Index
65	GB110	Is there verb suppletion for tense or aspect?	Verb	TAM
66	GB111	Are there conjugation classes?	Verb	Verb Type
67	GB113	Are there verbal affixes or clitics that turn intransitive verbs into transitive ones?	Verb	Formation
68	GB114	Is there a phonologically bound reflexive marker on the verb?	Verb	Index
69	GB115	Is there a phonologically bound reciprocal marker on the verb?	Verb	Index
70	GB116	Do verbs classify the shape, size or consistency of absolutive arguments by means of incorporated nouns, verbal affixes or suppletive verb stems?	Verb	Index
71	GB117	Is there a copula for predicate nominals?	Verb	Verb Type
72	GB118	Are there serial verb constructions?	Verb	Construction
73	GB119	Can mood be marked by an inflecting word ("auxiliary verb")?	Verb	TAM
74	GB120	Can aspect be marked by an inflecting word ("auxiliary verb")?	Verb	TAM
75	GB121	Can tense be marked by an inflecting word ("auxiliary verb")?	Verb	TAM
76	GB122	Is verb compounding a regular process?	Verb	Formation
77	GB123	Are there verb-adjunct (aka light-verb) constructions?	Verb	Construction
78	GB124	Is incorporation of nouns into verbs a productive intransitivizing process?	Verb	Formation
79	GB126	Is there an existential verb?	Verb	Verb Type
80	GB127	Are different posture verbs used obligatorily depending on an inanimate locatum's shape or position (e.g. 'to lie' vs. 'to stand')?	Verb	Verb Type
81	GB129	Is there a notably small number, i.e. about 100 or less, of verb roots in the language?	Verb	Verb Type
82	GB130	What is the pragmatically unmarked order of S and V in intransitive clauses?	Clause	Order
83	GB131	Is a pragmatically unmarked constituent order verb-initial for transitive clauses?	Clause	Order
84	GB132	Is a pragmatically unmarked constituent order verb-medial for transitive clauses?	Clause	Order
85	GB133	Is a pragmatically unmarked constituent order verb-final for transitive clauses?	Clause	Order
86	GB134	Is the order of constituents the same in main and subordinate clauses?	Clause	Order
87	GB135	Do clausal objects usually occur in the same position as nominal objects?	Clause	Order
88	GB136	Is the order of core argument (i.e. S/A/P) constituents fixed?	Clause	Order
89	GB137	Can standard negation be marked clause-finally?	Clause	Negation
90	GB138	Can standard negation be marked clause-initially?	Clause	Negation
91	GB139	Is there a difference between imperative (prohibitive) and declarative negation constructions?	Clause	Negation
92	GB140	Is verbal predication marked by the same negator as all of the following types of predication: locational, existential and nominal?	Clause	Negation
93	GB146	Is there a morpho-syntactic distinction between predicates expressing controlled versus uncontrolled events or states?	Verb	Construction
94	GB147	Is there a morphological passive marked on the lexical verb?	Verb	(Anti)Passive
95	GB148	Is there a morphological antipassive marked on the lexical verb?	Verb	(Anti)Passive
96	GB149	Is there a morphologically marked inverse on verbs?	Verb	(Anti)Passive
97	GB150	Is there clause chaining?	Clause	Construction
98	GB151	Is there an overt verb marker dedicated to signalling coreference on noncoreference between the subject of one clause and an argument of an adjacent clause ("switch reference")?	Clause	Construction
99	GB152	Is there a morphologically marked distinction between simultaneous and sequential clauses?	Clause	Construction
100	GB155	Are causatives formed by affixes or clitics on verbs?	Clause	Construction