What is typology
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O
branching
Holistic typology
classification of languages into types and subtypes on the basis of shared structural characteristics
Partial typology
classification of structural features across languages
Inalienable possession
kinship, body parts, part-whole relationships
V
non-branching
Branching constituent
phrasal
Partial typology example
possessive construction and case marking
Alienable possession
recognised ownership
Non-branching constituents
single word
Branching direction theory
the order of non-branching constituents and branching constituents has the tendency to be consistent and to pattern with the order of V and O
Holistic typology example
word order, head/dependent marking
