Re: Typologic survey, part I

taliesin the storyteller wrote:


> House-keeping data
> Name of the participating conlang:
Lojban

> Name/id of the creators:
James Cooke Brown, Robert LeChevalier, Nora Tansky LeChevalier,
Tommy Whitlock

> Name/id of the submitter, if different from the creator:
John Cowan

> Place used, if any:
Various people in the real world

> Web-address with more information, if any:
www.lojban.org

> Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]:
> (see http://www.rick.harrison.net/langlab/l-types.html)
1.5.2 or 2.1.2, depending on viewpoint

>
> 1: Word order of Subject (S), Object (O) and Verb (V)
> The possible orders are: SVO/SOV/VSO/VOS/OSV/OVS/free/doesn't apply
> Which order(s) is/are most common?
SVO, but SOV is equally good

> Which orders are possible?
All orders with appropriate particles

> Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how?
No

> If it doesn't apply, why?
Note: The same answers apply to Loglan, except for "language
creator", which is solely James Cooke Brown.  There are
imaginary countries for Loglan (Loglandia) and Lojban
(Lojbanistan), but these are mostly in-jokes.

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