Are Tone Systems Less Like Tendencies?

Tone systems in languages like Mandarin and Cantonese are more likely to come as you get more isolating. verb chaining, sometimes known as serial verbs, are an extremely rich and powerful tool to fake things like aspect. And it can even be used to fake lexical items. So spend some time looking at language like Yoruba, Lao, Thai, Khmera. You see all of this interesting subtle lexical richness that is not just producing an English dictionary.