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LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Akan63bdependent1
Amharic63bhead1
Amharic63bdependent1
Ika63bhead1NA
Ika63bdependent1NA
Bernese German63bhead1ND
Bernese German63bdependent1ND
Bwamu63bdependent1NA
Czech63bhead1NA
Czech63bdependent1NA
Ninkaré63bdependent1NA
Finnish63bhead1
Finnish63bdependent1
Gagauz63bhead1
Gagauz63bdependent1
Mongolian63bdependent1NA
Linxia Chinese63bdependent1
Huarong Chinese63bdependent1
Ancash Quechua63bhead1NA
Ancash Quechua63bdependent1NA
Hungarian63bhead1
Hungarian63bdependent1
Italian63bhead1
Italian63bdependent1
Jejueo63bdependent1NA
Kangle Chinese63bdependent1
Kazakh63bhead1NA
Kazakh63bdependent1NA
Standard Mandarin63bdependent1NA
Marathi63bhead1
Marathi63bdependent1
Mopan Maya63bhead1NA
Mopan Maya63bdependent1NA
Mooré63bdependent1
Nepali63bhead1
Nepali63bdependent1
Newari63bdependent1
Turkish63bhead1
Turkish63bdependent1
Polish63bhead1
Polish63bdependent1
Slovene63bhead1
Slovene63bdependent1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63bhead1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63bdependent1
Cochabamba Quechua63bhead1NA
Cochabamba Quechua63bdependent1NA
English63bhead1
English63bdependent1
Standard German63bhead1
Standard German63bdependent1
Tunen63bdependent1NA
Upper Sorbian63bhead1NA
Upper Sorbian63bdependent1NA
Oromo63bhead1
Oromo63bdependent1

(63) What type of marking is there for nominal arguments?

Alternatives to be checked: head-marking / dependent-marking / both / unmarked

b) transitive

nominal argument

Mary hates Peter. (head-marking)

pronominal argument

He hates me. vs. I hate him. (head- and dependent-marking)

Explanation: Dependent marking mostly refers to case marking (e.g., accusative, ergative, dative etc.) and adpositions while head-marking refers to verbal agreement indicating person or number (Nichols).

English has morphological dependent-marking in pronouns (e.g., he vs. him) only and head-marking only in third person.