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Re: OSV; was: Italian Particles

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, April 22, 2000, 16:50
Sally Caves wrote:
> In an OSV or an SOV language, where do the "wh" or question words go?
IIRC, Japanese, a SOV lang, places question words right before the verb. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor