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Order of Object and Verb
Language:
German
Feature:
Order of Object and Verb
by
Matthew S. Dryer
Value:
No dominant order
Examples
Sentence igt-2585:
Anna trink-t Wasser.
Anna
Anna
trink-t
drink-
3sg
Wasser.
water
Anna is drinking water.
Sentence igt-2586:
Anna ha-t Wasser getrunken.
Anna
Anna
ha-t
have-
3sg
Wasser
water
getrunken.
drink.
pst
.
ptcp
Anna has drunk water.
Sentence igt-2587:
Hans sag-t, dass Anna Wasser trink-t.
Hans
Hans
sag-t,
say-
3sg
dass
that
Anna
Anna
Wasser
water
trink-t.
drink-
3sg
Hans says that Anna is drinking water.
References
Lederer 1969
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