CHAOS
  • 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
Amharic13eS-X-V1P
Amharic13eS-V-X1S
Czech13eS-V-X1S
Czech13eX-V-S1P
Jula13eS-V-X1NA
Huarong Chinese13eS-X-V1
Huarong Chinese13eS-V-X1
Kazakh13eS-X-V1S
Kazakh13eX-S-V1P
Kazakh13eS-V-X1S
Kazakh13eX-V-S1S
Kazakh13eV-S-X1S
Newari13eS-X-V1P
Newari13eX-S-V1S
Polish13eS-X-V1
Polish13eX-S-V0.5
Polish13eS-V-X1
Polish13eX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13eS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13eX-V-S1S
English13eS-V-X1
Standard German13eS-X-V1P
Standard German13eX-S-V1S
Standard German13eS-V-X1P
Standard German13eX-V-S1S
Upper Sorbian13eS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13eX-S-V1P
Upper Sorbian13eS-V-X1P
Upper Sorbian13eX-V-S1P

(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
e) theme is contrastive focus

Prompt: The car pleases your mother.

Not at all! 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.