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Re: Results of Poll by Email No. 27

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Sunday, April 6, 2003, 11:34
Mike Ellis ikrí:

> Other logic behind putting the verb at one end or another: as in Japanese, > where the verb always comes last, you could make it so any verb *before* a > noun is then considered a relative clause. > dog-s man-o bites > "the dog bites the man" > man-o bites dog-s > "the dog WHO bites the man" > You could do this the exact other way around in a verb-inital language.
That's why my second preference in the rating following the top hit VSO, is Japanese-styled SOV. Yitzik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doozo yoroshiku!