Re: Circumfixes?
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 19:53 |
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Christophe Gandsire wrote:
[snip]
>Still, I agree that SVO, and specially VSO orders are more _practical_ than
>SOV
>orders, because in SOV the last slot has to be taken by the verb, and
>obliges
>the sentence to go to an end quite fast, so that you don't forget the
>beginning.
Ever read German? Tho' SVO in normal clauses, it's SOV in relative clauses,
and those can get quite long.
Andreas
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