What would you call this?
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 16, 2003, 8:48 |
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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?
Pete
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