Datapoint for feature 51 and language wals_code_jpn
Discuss WALS Datapoint for feature 51 and language wals_code_jpn.
Discuss WALS Datapoint for feature 51 and language wals_code_jpn.
This entry was posted on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 4:08 pm by wals and is filed under Japanese, Position of Case Affixes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

October 18th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
The value given in WALS Online 2008 is not correct, see http://blog.wals.info/value-assignment-error-in-chapter-51-for-japanese/
February 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I coded Japanese as lacking case affixes or adpositional clitics in the 2005 and 2008 editions, but will code it as having postpositional clitics in the 2009 edition since I have been informed that the tone of some of them is affected by the preceding noun.