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feedback: VSO syntax

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Saturday, May 15, 2004, 19:51
    Is the following syntax workable (naturalistic) _and_ unusual * ? (Does
it make sense? ;)

* (I like the idea of the  {Demonstrative  + Adj. +  Number + Classifier}
ordering violating the usual "universal")

    What problems - if any - would occur if a syntax/word-order was, i.e.:

    (TMA +) V (+ADV.) SUBJ. (+ADJ.)(+Rel. C.) Prep./Loc. OBJ. (+ADJ.)(+Rel.
C.)

    TMA =   TenseMoodAspect
    V =         Verb
    ADV. =  Adverb/Modifier(s)
    SUBJ. = Subject/Agent
    ADJ. =  Adjective/Modifier(s) {Demonstrative  + Adj. +  Number +
Classifier}
    Rel. C. = Relative Clause(s)
    Prep./Locative = Preposition/Locative//Path/State-Condition(al)
    Obj. = Object/Patient

    In another words - simply, the verb phrase has modifiers on both sides
but the noun phrases have right-branching modifiers.

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