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Parameters - Burushaski

Construction type	Construction Parameter	Value	Comments

Voice marking	Proper marker	no
Voice marking	Lookalike marker	no
Voice marking	Synthetic marker	n/a
Voice marking	Analytic marker	n/a
Flagging	S-argument flagging	n/a	Main argument retains its flagging despite the fact that O is unexpressed. (K.S.) 'The absolutive case marker in Burushaski is -Ø, and this case functions as the case for the only participant of intransitive clauses [..], the direct object participant of transitives [...], (Yoshioka 2012: 50)
Flagging	P-oblique flagging	n/a
Flagging	P-oblique unflagging	n/a
Flagging	P-oblique flagging variation	n/a
Indexation	S-argument indexed	yes	Concerning the personal suffix, the marking system is dichotomous: a personal suffix agrees with the subject argument S/A, and no suffix is used to mark the object arguments O/T/R (Yoshioka 2012: 243).
Indexation	S-argument indexation conditioned	no
P-individuation properties	P incorporated: Generic (non-specific)	n/a
P-individuation properties	P incorporated: Indefinite (non-specific)	n/a
P-individuation properties	P incorporated: Referential	n/a
P-individuation properties	P oblique: Generic (non-specific)	n/a
P-individuation properties	P oblique: Indefinite (non-specific)	n/a
P-individuation properties	P oblique: Referential	n/a
P-individuation properties	P eliminated: Generic (non-specific)	yes	Considering the circumstances mentioned above, it is concluded that the likelihood of objects would not be relavant to the choice of stem. The only effective conditions are that H-class objects require the personal prefix slot, and that entirely unknown objects, whose overtness is mostly low or zero, demand stems without the slot (Yoshioka 2012: 260).
P-individuation properties	P eliminated: Indefinite (non-specific)	yes	Considering the circumstances mentioned above, it is concluded that the likelihood of objects would not be relavant to the choice of stem. The only effective conditions are that H-class objects require the personal prefix slot, and that entirely unknown objects, whose overtness is mostly low or zero, demand stems without the slot (Yoshioka 2012: 260).
P-individuation properties	P eliminated: Referential	no	FYI: It must be recalled that Burushaski freely uses implicit subjects or complements for non salient thematic arguments (anaphoric or indefinite). Non salient objects need not have any morphological reflexes in a sentence, unlike subjects which are necessarily indicated at least through subject agreement (Morin and Tiffou 1988: 498).
P-oblique affectedness	Less affected P-oblique	n/a
P-constraining properties	Animacy constraints on P-oblique demotion	n/a
P-constraining properties	Person constraints on P-oblique demotion	n/a
P-constraining properties	Number constraints on P-oblique demotion	n/a