wait a minute, these percentages don't make sense... there are only 51
languages, and for word orders, not all of them specified s/v/o orders. i
have the fixed statistics here.
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> c. allowed types:
> agg: 24 (36.4%)
> fus: 22 (33.3%)
> iso: 14 (21.2%)
> poly: 6 (9.1%)
> > total: 66
these add up to more than 100%, because they overlap.
agg: 24 (47.1%)
fus: 22 (43.1%)
iso: 14 (27.5%)
poly: 6 (11.8%)
> total: 51 lgs that specified
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> c. allowed types:
> SVO: 23 (41.1%)
> free: 12 (21.4%)
> SOV: 9 (16.1%)
> VSO: 8 (14.3%)
> OSV: 3 (5.4%)
> VOS: 1 (1.8%)
> OVS: 0 (0.0%)
> > total: 56
these also overlap.
SVO: 23 (50.0%)
free: 12 (26.1%)
SOV: 9 (19.6%)
VSO: 8 (17.4%)
OSV: 3 (6.5%)
VOS: 1 (2.2%)
OVS: 0 (0.0%)
> total: 46 lgs that specified these
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Garrett Jones
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