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
Amharic13hX-S-V1S
Amharic13hX-V-S1P
Czech13hS-V-X1P
Czech13hX-V-S1S
Jula13hS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13hS-X-V1
Gagauz13hS-V-X1
Gagauz13hV-X-S1
Mongolian13hS-X-V1P
Mongolian13hX-S-V1S
Mongolian13hS-V-X1S
Mongolian13hX-V-S1S
Huarong Chinese13hS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13hX-V-S1
Kazakh13hS-X-V1P
Kazakh13hX-S-V1P
Kazakh13hS-V-X1S
Nepali13hS-X-V1
Newari13hS-X-V1P
Newari13hX-S-V1S
Polish13hS-X-V0.5
Polish13hX-S-V0.5
Polish13hS-V-X1
Polish13hX-V-S0.5
Polish13hV-S-X0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13hX-V-S1
English13hS-V-X1
Standard German13hS-X-V1
Standard German13hX-S-V1
Standard German13hS-V-X1
Standard German13hX-V-S1
Thai13hS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13hS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13hX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13hS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13hX-V-S1P
Vietnamese13hX-S-V1S
Vietnamese13hS-V-X1P
Oromo13hS-X-V1
Oromo13hX-V-S1
Oromo13hV-S-X1
Oromo13hV-X-S1

(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
h) questioned non-theme argument

Prompt: Who does the suit fit?

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.