Non-configurational language Totally Explained

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Non-configurational languages are languages that have the following characteristics:

free (or more accurately, pragmatically determined) word order
null anaphora
syntactically discontinuous expressions

Languages that have been classified as non-configurational include Warlpiri, O'odham (Papago), and Japanese. However, much recent work on these languages has attempted to show that they're in fact configurational.

W-type

W-type languages have the following (Jelinek 1984):

predicate-AUX complex that constitutes a finite sentence

optional, non-argumental NPs

split case-marking (on clitics and NPs)

independent pronouns used for contrastive emphasis

zero 3rd person marking

adjoined clauses with two interpretations:

temporal reading
relative reading

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