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
Amharic13lS-X-V1
Czech13lS-V-X1P
Czech13lX-V-S1S
Jula13lS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13lS-X-V1
Gagauz13lX-S-V1
Gagauz13lS-V-X1
Gagauz13lX-V-S1
Gagauz13lV-S-X0.5
Gagauz13lV-X-S0.5
Mongolian13lS-X-V1P
Mongolian13lX-S-V1S
Mongolian13lX-V-S1S
Huarong Chinese13lS-V-X1
Huarong Chinese13lX-V-S1
Kazakh13lS-X-V1P
Kazakh13lX-S-V1S
Nepali13lS-X-V1
Newari13lS-X-V1P
Newari13lX-S-V1S
Polish13lS-X-V0.5
Polish13lX-S-V0.5
Polish13lS-V-X1
Polish13lX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13lS-V-X1
English13lS-V-X1
Standard German13lS-X-V1
Standard German13lX-S-V1
Standard German13lS-V-X1
Standard German13lX-V-S1
Standard German13lV-S-X1
Standard German13lV-X-S1
Thai13lX-S-V1NA
Thai13lS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13lS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13lX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13lS-V-X1P
Upper Sorbian13lX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13lS-V-X1NA
Oromo13lX-S-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
l) non-theme is contrastive focus

Prompt: The suit fits your father.

Not at all! The suit fits my brother. (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.