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Frequency distribution of word order in languages surveyed by Russell S. Tomlin in 1980s[1][2]
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Subject–object–verb|SOV]] || "She him loves." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable|45|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Subject–object–verb|SOV]] || "She him loves." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable|45|%}} | ||
| − | |[[ | + | |[[Ancient Greek]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Latin]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Subject–verb–object|SVO]] || "She loves him." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable|42|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Subject–verb–object|SVO]] || "She loves him." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable|42|%}} | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Hausa language|Hausa]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Verb–subject–object|VSO]] || "Loves she him." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 9|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Verb–subject–object|VSO]] || "Loves she him." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 9|%}} | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Verb–object–subject|VOS]] || "Loves him she." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 3|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Verb–object–subject|VOS]] || "Loves him she." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 3|%}} | ||
| − | | [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]], [[Baure language|Baure]], [[ | + | | [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]], [[Baure language|Baure]], [[Car language|Car]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Object–verb–subject|OVS]] || "Him loves she." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 1|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Object–verb–subject|OVS]] || "Him loves she." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 1|%}} | ||
| − | | [[Apalaí language|Apalaí]], [[Hixkaryana language|Hixkaryana]], [[Klingon language| | + | | [[Apalaí language|Apalaí]], [[Hixkaryana language|Hixkaryana]], [[Klingon language|Klingon]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Object–subject–verb|OSV]] || "Him she loves." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 0|%}} | | style="text-align:center;" |[[Object–subject–verb|OSV]] || "Him she loves." || style="text-align:right;" |{{bartable| 0|%}} | ||
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Frequency distribution of word order in languages surveyed by Russell S. Tomlin in 1980s<ref name="Meyer 2010">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MWbrvUiYzSkC&pg=PA36 |title=Introducing English Linguistics International|edition= Student |first=Charles F. |last=Meyer|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2010}}</ref><ref name="Tomlin 1986">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13423631|title=Basic Word Order: Functional Principles|last=Tomlin|first=Russell S.|publisher=Croom Helm|year=1986|isbn=9780709924999|location=London|page=22|oclc=13423631}}</ref> <br/>({{navbar|Language word order frequency|mini=1}}) | Frequency distribution of word order in languages surveyed by Russell S. Tomlin in 1980s<ref name="Meyer 2010">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MWbrvUiYzSkC&pg=PA36 |title=Introducing English Linguistics International|edition= Student |first=Charles F. |last=Meyer|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2010}}</ref><ref name="Tomlin 1986">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13423631|title=Basic Word Order: Functional Principles|last=Tomlin|first=Russell S.|publisher=Croom Helm|year=1986|isbn=9780709924999|location=London|page=22|oclc=13423631}}</ref> <br/>({{navbar|Language word order frequency|mini=1}}) | ||
Latest revision as of 10:13, 19 February 2021
| Word order |
English equivalent |
Proportion of languages |
Example languages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOV | "She him loves." | 45% | Ancient Greek, Bengali, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latin, Malayalam, Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu | |
| SVO | "She loves him." | 42% | Chinese, English, French, German, Hausa, Hungarian, Italian, Malay, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese | |
| VSO | "Loves she him." | 9% | Biblical Hebrew, Arabic, Irish, Filipino, Tuareg-Berber, Welsh | |
| VOS | "Loves him she." | 3% | Malagasy, Baure, Car | |
| OVS | "Him loves she." | 1% | Apalaí, Hixkaryana, Klingon | |
| OSV | "Him she loves." | 0% | Warao | |
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References
- ↑ Meyer, Charles F. (2010). Introducing English Linguistics International (Student ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Tomlin, Russell S. (1986). Basic Word Order: Functional Principles. London: Croom Helm. p. 22. ISBN 9780709924999. OCLC 13423631.