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Re: What would you call this?

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 17, 2003, 2:26
Peter Bleackley wrote:
> I have an idea for a language that achieves free word order by inflecting > the verb according to whether the subject or object occurs first. In the > default form, the following word orders are possible > VSO > SVO > SOV > > In the marked form, these are possible > > VOS > OVS > OSV > > If the verb is marked, and only one unmarked noun is present, the verb > becomes passive. > > What would the terminology be for such an inflection?
So, the inflection swaps the positions of the subject and object? Sounds like inverse voice.

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Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>