In linguistic 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...
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linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may...
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object–subject–verb (OSV) or object–agent–verb (OAV) word order is a structure where the object of a sentence precedes both the subject and the verb....
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In linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam apples...
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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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Word order (redirect from Subject, Predicate, Object)
the world's languages deploy subject–object–verb order (SOV); about 42% of the world's languages deploy subject–verb–object order (SVO); a smaller fraction...
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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 arrange...
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Agent-Object-Verb (AOV) instead of Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Topic-prominent languages, such as Mandarin, focus their grammars less on the subject-object or...
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Voice (grammar) (redirect from Voice of the verb)
arguments (subject, object, etc.). When the subject is the agent or doer of the action, the verb is in the active voice. When the subject is the patient,...
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Its sentence structure follows the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order, where the subject precedes the object, and the verb typically comes last. Postpositions...
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Marathi grammar (section Differential object marking)
in 1805 by Willam Carey. The principal word order in Marathi is SOV (subject–object–verb). Nouns inflect for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number...
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Latin word order (section Verb position)
typology, Latin is classified by some scholars as basically an SOV (subject-object-verb) language, with preposition-noun, noun-genitive, and adjective-noun...
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well. In terms of linguistic features, Rana Tharu follows the SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, uses postpositions, and has noun head final structure...
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club Schedule of values Shot-on-video film Single-occupancy vehicle Subject–object–verb, used in linguistic typology Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg, an Austrian...
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Chinese, weather verbs like snow(s) take no subject or object. Intransitive (valency = 1, monovalent): the verb only has a subject. For example: "he...
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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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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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Burji language (category Subject–object–verb languages)
Afro-Asiatic family. The language has the SOV (subject–object–verb) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and...
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which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the subject of a transitive verb. Examples...
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Sinhala language (category Subject–object–verb languages)
a more literal English rendering would be "a floral foursome") SOV (subject–object–verb) word order, common to most left-branching languages. As is common...
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Tsez language (section Verb-forming suffixes)
noun phrases. Although in general, the underlying word order is SOV (subject–object–verb), the predicate tends to be in the middle of the sentence rather...
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"ask!" (conj of /be:ɖu/). The canonical word order of Kannada is SOV (subject–object–verb), typical of Indian languages. Kannada is a highly inflected language...
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Kazakh language (category Subject–object–verb languages)
the various scripts. Kazakh is generally verb-final, though various permutations on SOV (subject–object–verb) word order can be used, for example, due...
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V2 word order (redirect from Verb-Second)
as basically subject-object-verb (SOV) structure, modified by the V2 constraint. Thus Old English is classified, to some extent, as an SOV language. However...
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Quechuan languages (category Subject–object–verb languages)
sentence order is SOV (subject–object–verb). Notable grammatical features include bipersonal conjugation (verbs agree with both subject and object), evidentiality...
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database indicates that languages with the order subject-object-verb (SOV) and subject-verb-object (SVO) are overwhelmingly the most numerous. WALS cites...
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terms of linguistic characteristics, Kathariya Tharu follows an SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, uses postpositions, and has a tendency for noun head...
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Zay language (category Subject–object–verb languages)
Siltʼe language, and 60% with Harari. The word order of Zay is SOV (subject–object–verb). Attributive adjectives precede the nouns they modify. Possessives...
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standard subject-object-verb (SOV) word order, it is not strongly left-branching. However, because Persian is a pro-drop language, the subject of a sentence...
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Tamil language (category Subject–object–verb languages)
consistently head-final language. The verb comes at the end of the clause, with a typical word order of subject–object–verb (SOV). However, word order in Tamil...
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