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linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam oranges (Sam...
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In linguistic typology, a verb–object–subject or verb–object–agent language, which is commonly abbreviated VOS or VOA, is one in which most sentences...
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typology, object–verb–subject (OVS) or object–verb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence object–verb–subject in unmarked...
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typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order. If English...
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Verb–subject–object Yoda, a popular Star Wars character who speaks in the object–subject–verb word order Yoda conditions - a style of writing conditionals in computer...
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object–subject (OS) word order, also called O-before-S or patient–agent word order, is a word order in which the object appears before the subject. OS...
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namely the subject (S), and object (O). Subject and object are here understood to be nouns, since pronouns often tend to display different word order properties...
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linguistics, an OV language (object–verb language), or a language with object-verb word order, is a language in which the object comes before the verb. OV...
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Verb–object word order (VO) is a word order where the verb typically comes before the object. About 53% of documented languages have this order. For example...
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information either dependent upon a subject (subjectivity) or independent from any subject (objectivity). In English the word object is derived from the Latin objectus...
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languages, the term "subject" is ambiguous, and thus the term "agent" is often used instead to contrast with "object", such that basic word order is often spoken...
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Latin word order is relatively free. The subject, object, and verb can come in any order, and an adjective can go before or after its noun, as can a genitive...
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In syntax, verb-second (V2) word order is a sentence structure in which the finite verb of a sentence or a clause is placed in the clause's second position...
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In syntax, verb-initial (V1) word order is a word order in which the verb appears before the subject and the object. In the more narrow sense, this term...
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Czech word order is relatively free. However, the Czech language belongs to the SVO type. Czech word order is said to be free. The individual parts of...
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Word and Object is a 1960 work by the philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine, in which the author expands upon the line of thought of his earlier writings...
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between arguments—specifically, between the two arguments (in English, subject and object) of transitive verbs like the dog chased the cat, and the single argument...
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Verb (redirect from Subject-verb agreement)
the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. Verbs have tenses: present, to indicate that an action is being carried...
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Nominative–accusative alignment (section Word order)
alignment in which subjects of intransitive verbs are treated like subjects of transitive verbs, and are distinguished from objects of transitive verbs...
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Latin grammar (redirect from Word order in Latin)
according to context. Latin word order tends to be subject–object–verb; however, other word orders are common. Different word orders are used to express...
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Mayan languages (section Subjects and objects)
verb–object–subject word order with possibilities of switching to VSO in certain circumstances, such as complex sentences, sentences where object and subject...
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with their own word orders. The WALS database indicates that languages with the order subject-object-verb (SOV) and subject-verb-object (SVO) are overwhelmingly...
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Syntax (redirect from Subject and object)
sequence in which the subject (S), verb (V), and object (O) usually appear in sentences. Over 85% of languages usually place the subject first, either in the...
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becomes the subject, while the cat becomes the object. This transformation is not possible in an analytic language without altering the word order. Typically...
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Swedish grammar (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
accusative cases that denoted grammatical subject and object in Old Norse in favor of marking by word order. Swedish uses some inflection with nouns,...
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Linguistic typology (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
in constituent order are observed. These languages exhibit more flexible word orders, allowing for variations like Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) structure...
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grammatical property of the word, such as denoting a subject or an object. Combining two or more morphemes into one word is used in agglutinating languages...
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Polish grammar (section Word order)
free word order, although the dominant arrangement is subject–verb–object (SVO). There commonly are no articles (although this has been a subject of academic...
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Tongan language (category Verb–subject–object languages)
nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers. It uses the word order verb–subject–object. Tongan is one of the multiple languages in the Polynesian branch...
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