Re: SVO vs SOV and A lot of other questions
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 13, 2003, 21:45 |
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On 13 Oct 2003 at 7:11, Akhilesh Pillalamarri wrote:
> Do any languages switch between the SVO and SOV in different cases,
> and is that valid. For example, my language {Aryezi} has an SVO
> structure, except when usuing pronouns, when it becomes an SOV.
> Ex) Se sanos gaoñ (I saw a cow)
> Se ganya sanos (I saw him) which can also work inversley
> as Gan mêz sanos (he saw me)
>
On the subject of doing weird things with pronouns, there are some
languages (Australian IIRC) which are Nom/Acc in nouns and Erg/Abs in
pronouns. Let me just go dig out my copy of Dixon _Ergativity_...
Damn. I can't find the exact reference. I know it's in there
somewhere. Either there or Payne _Describing Morphosyntax_
If anyone's interested, I can dig out the exact reference, with
quotes and examples.
Paul
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