- Map-Legend:
- S-X-V
- X-S-V
- S-V-X
- X-V-S
- V-S-X
- V-X-S
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amharic | 13 | c | S-X-V | 1 | P | |
| Amharic | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | S | |
| Amharic | 13 | c | V-S-X | 1 | S | |
| Czech | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | S | |
| Czech | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | P | |
| Jula | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | NA | |
| Huarong Chinese | 13 | c | S-X-V | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | ||
| Kazakh | 13 | c | S-X-V | 1 | P | |
| Kazakh | 13 | c | X-S-V | 1 | S | |
| Newari | 13 | c | S-X-V | 1 | ||
| Polish | 13 | c | S-X-V | 0.5 | ||
| Polish | 13 | c | X-S-V | 0.5 | ||
| Polish | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | ||
| Polish | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | ||
| English | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 13 | c | S-X-V | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 13 | c | X-S-V | 0.5 | ||
| Standard German | 13 | c | S-V-X | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 13 | c | X-S-V | 1 | P | |
| Upper Sorbian | 13 | c | X-V-S | 1 | S |
(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
c) theme is contrastive topic
Prompt: Who does the car please?
I don't know, but the garden pleases my mother. (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.