• Map-Legend:
  • A-Temp-V
  • Temp-A-V
  • Temp-V-A
  • A-V-Temp
  • V-Temp-A
  • V-A-Temp
  • Mixed Data
  • No Data
LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Amharic10aA-Temp-V1P
Amharic10aTemp-A-V1S
Czech10aA-Temp-V1P
Czech10aTemp-A-V1S
Czech10aA-V-Temp1S
Jula10aTemp-A-V0.5NA
Jula10aA-V-Temp1NA
Gagauz10aA-Temp-V1
Mongolian10aA-Temp-V1P
Mongolian10aTemp-A-V1S
Huarong Chinese10aA-Temp-V1
Huarong Chinese10aTemp-A-V1
Kazakh10aA-Temp-V1P
Kazakh10aTemp-A-V1S
Kazakh10aTemp-V-A1S
Standard Mandarin10aA-Temp-V1ND
Standard Mandarin10aTemp-A-V1ND
Nepali10aA-Temp-V1
Newari10aA-Temp-V1P
Newari10aTemp-A-V1S
Polish10aA-Temp-V1
Polish10aTemp-A-V1
Polish10aA-V-Temp1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian10aTemp-A-V1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian10aA-V-Temp1
Cochabamba Quechua10aA-Temp-V1P
Cochabamba Quechua10aTemp-A-V1S
Cochabamba Quechua10aTemp-V-A1S
Cochabamba Quechua10aA-V-Temp1S
Cochabamba Quechua10aV-Temp-A1S
Cochabamba Quechua10aV-A-Temp1S
English10aA-V-Temp1
Standard German10aA-Temp-V1
Standard German10aA-V-Temp1
Thai10aTemp-A-V1NA
Thai10aA-V-Temp1NA
Tunen10aA-V-Temp1NA
Upper Sorbian10aA-Temp-V1P
Upper Sorbian10aTemp-A-V1S
Upper Sorbian10aTemp-V-A1P
Upper Sorbian10aA-V-Temp1P
Vietnamese10aA-Temp-V0.5NA
Vietnamese10aTemp-A-V1P
Vietnamese10aA-V-Temp1S
Oromo10aA-Temp-V1
Oromo10aTemp-A-V1
Oromo10aA-V-Temp1

(10) What is the position of temporal adverbs (Temp) with respect to subjects (S) and agents (A) in intransitive and transitive clauses in wide focus contexts?

Alternatives to be checked: S-Temp-V / Temp-S-V / Temp-V-S / S-V-Temp / V-Temp-S / V-S-Temp (intransitive) A-Temp-V / Temp-A-V / Temp-V-A / A-V-Temp / V-Temp-A / V-A-Temp (transitive)

a) Transitive verbs (kill, beat, pull, stroke)

Prompt: What was the secret that John revealed to you?

*My father yesterday killed the spider. (A-Temp-V)

#Yesterday my father killed the spider. (Temp-A-V, grammatical only as topic)

*Yesterday killed the spider my father. (Temp-V-A)

*My father killed yesterday the spider. / My father killed the spider yesterday. (A-V-Temp)

*Killed the spider yesterday my father. (V-Temp-A)

*Killed the spider my father yesterday. (V-A-Temp)

Explanation: If the language requires additional material, such as adverbs, feel free to add this. Please exclude contrastive focus or topic constructions as well as pronominal arguments.