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
Amharic13iX-S-V1P
Czech13iS-V-X1P
Czech13iX-V-S1S
Jula13iS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13iX-S-V1
Gagauz13iX-V-S1
Gagauz13iV-X-S1
Mongolian13iS-X-V1S
Mongolian13iX-S-V1P
Huarong Chinese13iS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13iX-V-S1
Kazakh13iS-X-V1P
Kazakh13iX-S-V1S
Nepali13iS-X-V1
Newari13iS-X-V1P
Newari13iX-S-V1S
Polish13iS-X-V0.5
Polish13iX-S-V0.5
Polish13iS-V-X1
Polish13iX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13iS-V-X1
English13iS-V-X1
Standard German13iS-X-V1
Standard German13iX-S-V1
Standard German13iS-V-X1
Standard German13iX-V-S1
Thai13iS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13iS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13iX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13iS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13iX-V-S1P
Vietnamese13iS-V-X1NA
Oromo13iS-X-V1

(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
i) theme is contrastive topic

Prompt: Who does the suit fit?

I don't know, but the skirt fits 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.