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Word Order<br />

• Languages exhibit different word orders.<br />

• SVO: e.g. English<br />

Peter loves Mary.<br />

• SOV: e.g. Turkish<br />

Hasan kitab-i oku-du.<br />

Hasan-subj book-object read-past<br />

‘Hasan reads the book.’<br />

• VSO: e.g. Irish<br />

Phóg Máire an lucharachán<br />

Kissed Mary the leprechaun<br />

‘Mary kissed the leprechaun.’<br />

27.05.2008 Some slides are adapted from material of A. Carnie 45

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