• Map-Legend:
  • S-X-V
  • X-S-V
  • S-V-X
  • X-V-S
  • V-S-X
  • V-X-S
  • Mixed Data
  • No Data
LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Amharic13aS-X-V1P
Amharic13aX-S-V1S
Amharic13aS-V-X1S
Czech13aX-V-S1NA
Jula13aS-V-X1NA
Huarong Chinese13aS-X-V1
Huarong Chinese13aS-V-X1
Kazakh13aS-X-V1P
Kazakh13aX-S-V1P
Newari13aS-X-V1ND
Newari13aX-S-V1ND
Polish13aS-X-V0.5
Polish13aX-S-V0.5
Polish13aS-V-X1
Polish13aX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13aS-V-X1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13aX-V-S1
English13aS-V-X1
Standard German13aS-X-V1P
Standard German13aX-S-V1S
Standard German13aS-V-X1P
Standard German13aX-V-S1S
Upper Sorbian13aS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13aX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13aS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13aX-V-S1S

(13) Is there word order variation in examples with a theme marked as an S argument that is marked for information structure?

Alternatives to be checked: S-X-V / X-S-V / S-V-X / X-V-S / V-S-X / V-X-S

I. Psychological verbs
a) questioned theme argument

Prompt: What pleases your father?

The car pleases my father. (S-V-X)

Explanation: Please try to re-use the lexical material of (9) if possible, so that we get minimal pairs.

Background: This question addresses possibilities of scrambling and freedom of word order.