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
Amharic13kS-X-V1S
Amharic13kS-V-X1P
Czech13kX-V-S1NA
Jula13kS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13kX-S-V1P
Gagauz13kX-V-S1P
Gagauz13kV-S-X1S
Gagauz13kV-X-S1S
Mongolian13kS-X-V1P
Mongolian13kX-S-V1P
Mongolian13kS-V-X1S
Mongolian13kX-V-S1S
Huarong Chinese13kS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13kX-V-S1
Kazakh13kS-X-V1S
Kazakh13kX-S-V1P
Nepali13kS-X-V1
Newari13kS-X-V1P
Newari13kX-S-V1S
Polish13kS-X-V0.5
Polish13kX-S-V0.5
Polish13kS-V-X1
Polish13kX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13kS-V-X1
English13kS-V-X1
Standard German13kS-X-V1
Standard German13kX-S-V1
Standard German13kS-V-X1
Standard German13kX-V-S1
Thai13kS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13kS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13kX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13kS-V-X1P
Upper Sorbian13kX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13kS-V-X1NA
Oromo13kS-X-V1P
Oromo13kX-S-V1S
Oromo13kS-V-X1S

(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
k) theme is contrastive focus

Prompt: The suit fits your father.

Not at all! The coat 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.