WORD ORDER

Question 1

WORD ORDER

Answer 1

the position fo subject, object and verb relative to each other

Question 2

BASIC WORD ORDER

Answer 2

the position of the verb and its two main arguments in a sentence that is: transitive, positive, declarative, pragmatically neutral, main; with the two main arguments being: fully nominal, semantic role of agent an patient, definite interpretation

Question 3

COMPLICATIONS

Answer 3

± 5 % of languages have a split BWO

± 9 % of languages have no BWO

Question 4

INTRANSITIVE WO

Answer 4

SV>VS

Question 5

WO IN PHRASES

Answer 5

prepositions vs postpositions

Question 6

WO IN THE NP

Answer 6

• order of demonstrative & noun
• order of adjective & noun
• order of numeral & noun
• order of genitive & noun
• order of relative clause & noun

Question 7

WO CORRELATIONS

Answer 7

if a language is VO, it is very likely to have prepositions; if a language is OV, it is very likely to have postpositions (bidirectional);
if a language is VO, it is very likely to have the order N+Rel; if a language has the order Rel+N, it is very likely to be OV (unidirectional).