- Map-Legend:
- A-TAM-V
- TAM-A-V
- TAM-V-A
- A-V-TAM
- V-TAM-A
- V-A-TAM
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amharic | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| Ika | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | NA | |
| Bernese German | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Bwamu | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Czech | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Jula | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Ninkaré | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Finnish | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Gagauz | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Gagauz | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| Gagauz | 11 | a | V-A-TAM | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Hungarian | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Hungarian | 11 | a | TAM-A-V | 1 | ||
| Hungarian | 11 | a | TAM-V-A | 1 | ||
| Indonesian | 11 | a | TAM-V-A | 1 | NA | |
| Italian | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Kangle Chinese | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Marathi | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| Mopan Maya | 11 | a | TAM-V-A | 1 | NA | |
| Mooré | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Nepali | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| Newari | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| Polish | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Slovene | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Slovene | 11 | a | V-TAM-A | 0.5 | ||
| Slovene | 11 | a | V-A-TAM | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | ||
| English | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | ||
| Thai | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Upper Sorbian | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | P | |
| Upper Sorbian | 11 | a | V-A-TAM | 1 | S | |
| Vietnamese | 11 | a | A-TAM-V | 1 | NA | |
| Oromo | 11 | a | A-V-TAM | 1 | P | |
| Oromo | 11 | a | V-TAM-A | 1 | S |
(11) What is the position of periphrastic TAM markers (tense/aspect/mood) with respect to 'subjects' (S or A arguments) and verbs in intransitive and transitive declarative clauses, if available?
Alternatives to be checked: S-TAM-V / TAM-S-V / S-V-TAM / TAM-V-S / V-TAM-S / V-S-TAM (intransitive) A-TAM-V / TAM-A-V / A-V-TAM / TAM-V-A / V-TAM-A / V-A-TAM (transitive)
a) Transitive verbs (kill, beat, pull, stroke)
Prompt: Are there any news?
My father will/should kill the spider. (A-TAM-V)
#Will/should my father kill the spider. (TAM-A-V, grammatical only as a question)
*Will/should kill the spider my father. (TAM-V-A)
*My father kill will/should the spider. / *My father kill the spider will/should. (A-V-TAM)
*Kill the spider will/should my father. (V-TAM-A)
*Kill the spider my father will/should. (V-A-TAM, only for Yoda)
Explanation: TAM refers to auxiliary verbs or particles indicating tense, aspect, or mood categories. Please exclude modes other than declarative (interrogative, imperative etc.), as indicated above with grammatical only as a question. If the language requires additional material, such as adverbs, feel free to add this. Please exclude contrastive focus or topic constructions as well as pronominal arguments.