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Re: Typologic survey, part I

From:Tommaso R. Donnarumma <trd@...>
Date:Monday, January 29, 2001, 9:06
>Name of the participating conlang:
Streich
>Name/id of the creators:
Tommaso R. Donnarumma
>Name/id of the submitter, if different from the creator:
N/A
>Place used, if any:
Hailír (that's i-acute, or better i-macron), a (conworld) archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, today known as Elaire.
>Web-address with more information, if any:
N/A (soon to appear at <http://www.glossopoiesis.net/Streich/>)
>Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]: >(see http://www.rick.harrison.net/langlab/l-types.html)
2.1.2
>Which order(s) is/are most common?
SOV; VOS is some kinds of embedded clauses
>Which orders are possible?
SOV, OVS, VOS. Further complications if one wants to account for indirect object too. Word order is sensitive to a sort of hyerarchy, were the direct object must stand closest to the verb, then indirect object, then subject. Preverbal slots are regarded to as closer to the verb than postverbal slots.
>Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how?
No change.
>If it doesn't apply, why?
N/A