Re: Skälansk - History and Babel text
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 7:36 |
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:14:07 -0500, Pascal A. Kramm <pkramm@...> wrote:
> There are some other nifty features, like VSO syntax (which is pretty rare),
It's used in at least some Polynesian languages -- e.g. Niuean is
arguably VSO (if you don't consider it ergative, in which case it's
VAP).
> * It was decided to put the verb at the beginning, followed by subject
> and object, since this structure was not found in any other known languages.
I think OSV is the rarest word order, with few known natlangs using it.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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