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Re: Typologic survey, part I

From:David Stokes <dstokes@...>
Date:Saturday, January 27, 2001, 17:42
> > Name of the participating conlang:
Diom (Classical)
> Name/id of the creators:
David Stokes
> Place used, if any:
City of Gestomaia and official language of Touten Empire, located on the world Terat, orignally designed as a role-playing setting.
> Web-address with more information, if any:
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~dstokes/diom_intro.html
> Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]:
2.1.3 Mostly a-priori, with some vocabulary derived from heraldic terminology
> > 1: Word order of Subject (S), Object (O) and Verb (V)
free
> Which order(s) is/are most common?
VSO, then SOV
> Which orders are possible?
all, element in from recieves emphasis
> Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how? NO > If it doesn't apply, why? >