Re: French syntax (was: Italian Particles)

At 02:20 17/04/00 -0400, you wrote:
>DOUGLAS KOLLER scripsit:
>
>> Wasn't there discussion quite a while back that French was heading in this
>> direction with the increased use of the independent pronouns in sentences
>> like:
>
>I posted a couple of variations on "I loathe Mary":
>
>ZdetEst mari (VO)
>ZdetEst mari mwa (VOS)
>mwa ZdetEst mari (SVO)
>mari ZladetEst (OV)
>mari ZladetEst mwa (OVS)
>
You can also say:

ZladetEst mari (VO)
mwa ZladetEst mari (SVO)
ZladetEst mari mwa (VOS)
ZladetEst mwa mari (VSO)
mwa mari ZladetEst (SOV)
mari mwa ZladetEst (OSV)

/la/, showing the object can be put on the verb complex wherever the object
is (I said in an earlier post that French could be considered as a
polysynthetic language, here is an example :) ), and as you see, with
slight differences of intonation and sense, absolutely all orders between
S, O and V are possible in French.

The more I see French through a linguist and/or a foreigner eye, the more
its structure seems original to me :) .

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