Re: Italian Particles

Sally Caves scripsit:

> So... what you're saying is that analytic languages, like English, are
> PERFORCE subject first?  Or verb subject?  Hmmm.  I don't see why that
> can't be formally broken.
I think there is a pressure toward SVO in languages that don't mark case,
simply so that ellipsis works: you can have VO or SV, and there's no doubt
what's meant.  In verb-first or verb-last languages, it's not clear whether
a single argument is S or O.

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