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
Amharic13gS-X-V1
Czech13gS-V-X0.5NA
Czech13gX-V-S1NA
Jula13gS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13gX-S-V1
Gagauz13gX-V-S1
Gagauz13gV-X-S0.5
Mongolian13gS-X-V1S
Mongolian13gX-S-V1P
Mongolian13gS-V-X1S
Mongolian13gX-V-S1S
Huarong Chinese13gS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13gX-V-S1
Kazakh13gX-S-V1NA
Nepali13gS-X-V1
Newari13gS-X-V1P
Newari13gX-S-V1S
Polish13gS-X-V0.5
Polish13gS-V-X0.5
Polish13gX-V-S1
Polish13gV-X-S0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13gS-V-X1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13gX-V-S1
English13gS-V-X1
Standard German13gS-X-V1
Standard German13gX-S-V1
Standard German13gS-V-X1
Standard German13gX-V-S1
Thai13gS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13gS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13gX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13gS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13gX-V-S1P
Vietnamese13gS-V-X1NA
Oromo13gS-X-V1
Oromo13gS-V-X1

(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

II. Unaccusative verbs
g) questioned theme argument

Prompt: What fits your father?

The suit fits 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.