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133<br />

orders as OV i£-S (or OV i£-A) and VO is-S (or VO i£-A), in<br />

addition to the SVO word order. Compare the structures of<br />

the two languages through the data in (7) below. For easy<br />

comparison, the Acehnese data are placed under the Semai<br />

data, which are taken from Diffloth.<br />

7. SVO: Semai : ?en ?n-ca.? tley ?ajeh<br />

I 1-eat banana that<br />

'I ate that banana.'<br />

Acehnese: Ion lon-pajoh pisang nyan<br />

I 1-eat banana that<br />

'I ate that banana.'<br />

VSO: Semai : ?n-ca.? la-?en tley ?ajeh<br />

1-eat by-me banana that<br />

' That banana was eaten by me.'<br />

Acehnese: lon-pajoh le Ion pisang nyan<br />

1-eat by me banana that<br />

'That banana was eaten by me.'<br />

OVS: Semai : tley ?ajeh fn-ca.? la-?en<br />

banana that 1-eat by-me<br />

'That banana was eaten by me.'<br />

Acehnese: pisang nyan lon-pajoh le Ion<br />

banana that 1-eat by me<br />

'That banana was eaten by me.'

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