What is typology

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