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
Amharic13jS-X-V1P
Amharic13jS-V-X1S
Czech13jS-V-X1S
Czech13jX-V-S1P
Jula13jS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13jX-S-V1
Mongolian13jS-X-V1P
Mongolian13jX-S-V1S
Huarong Chinese13jS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13jX-V-S1
Kazakh13jS-X-V1P
Kazakh13jX-S-V1S
Nepali13jS-X-V1
Newari13jS-X-V1P
Newari13jX-S-V1S
Polish13jS-X-V0.5
Polish13jX-S-V0.5
Polish13jS-V-X0.5
Polish13jX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13jS-V-X1
English13jS-V-X1
Standard German13jS-X-V1
Standard German13jX-S-V1
Standard German13jS-V-X1
Standard German13jX-V-S1
Thai13jS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13jS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13jX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13jS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13jX-V-S1P
Vietnamese13jX-V-S1NA
Oromo13jX-V-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
j) non-theme is contrastive topic

Prompt: What fits your father?

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.