• In linguistic typology, a subjectobjectverb (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, subjectverbobject (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may...
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  • objectsubjectverb (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 verbsubjectobject (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam apples...
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  • typology, objectverbsubject (OVS) or objectverb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence objectverbsubject in unmarked...
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  • the world's languages deploy subjectobjectverb order (SOV); about 42% of the world's languages deploy subjectverbobject order (SVO); a smaller fraction...
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  • In linguistic typology, a verbobjectsubject or verbobject–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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  • 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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  • in 1805 by Willam Carey. The principal word order in Marathi is SOV (subjectobjectverb). Nouns inflect for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number...
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  • 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 Subjectobjectverb, 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 Subjectobjectverb languages)
    Afro-Asiatic family. The language has the SOV (subjectobjectverb) 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 Subjectobjectverb languages)
    a more literal English rendering would be "a floral foursome") SOV (subjectobjectverb) word order, common to most left-branching languages. As is common...
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    noun phrases. Although in general, the underlying word order is SOV (subjectobjectverb), 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 (subjectobjectverb), typical of Indian languages. Kannada is a highly inflected language...
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    Kazakh language (category Subjectobjectverb languages)
    the various scripts. Kazakh is generally verb-final, though various permutations on SOV (subjectobjectverb) 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 Subjectobjectverb languages)
    sentence order is SOV (subjectobjectverb). 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 Subjectobjectverb languages)
    Siltʼe language, and 60% with Harari. The word order of Zay is SOV (subjectobjectverb). 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 Subjectobjectverb languages)
    consistently head-final language. The verb comes at the end of the clause, with a typical word order of subjectobjectverb (SOV). However, word order in Tamil...
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