Select Property

A property describes some syntactic aspect of a language (i.e. Adjective Agreement). Every property has three values: yes, no, or NA (not-applicable).

Our database provides three search options for properties:

1. Cross produces the "tetrachoric tables" of Greenberg 1963. To use Cross, click Language in the Show bar, select two properties from the property constraint box, and click the Cross radio button.
2. All: For language searches, selecting two properties P1 and P2, and clicking All results in the set of languages for which BOTH P1 and P2 are defined.
3. Any: For language searches, selecting two properties P1 and P2, and clicking Any results in the set of languages for which P1 or P2 (or both) are defined.

Select Property:Value Pair

A property:value pair is a property set to some particular value, e.g., Attributive Adjective Agreement: Yes (this means that attributive adjectives agreement with the noun they modify).

Our database provides two search options for property:value pairs:

1. All: For language searches, selecting two property:value pairs P1:v1 and P2:v2, and clicking All results in the set of languages for which BOTH P1:v1 and P2:v2 hold.
2. Any: For language searches, selecting two properties P1:v1 and P2:v2, and clicking Any results in the set of languages for which P1:v1 or P2:2 (or both) hold.

Prioritize Examples

Prioritizing examples acts as a further constraint upon search. Only results with an existing example will be returned.

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