Re: Computer syntax and VSO

Quoting Rob Haden <magwich78@...>:

> I've read (though I can't remember where) that most languages with SVO word
> order are really just switching from VSO to SOV or vice-versa.  This seems
> to support the thesis that VSO and SOV (that is, consistently head-first or
> head-last) are the most logical canonical word orders.
If so, it's surprising that of the ~60% of languages which aren't SOV, two-
thirds or so are SVO. (Assuming the statistics I've seen are accurate.)

                                                         Andreas

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