• 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
Amharic13oS-X-V1S
Amharic13oX-S-V1P
Amharic13oX-V-S0.5
Czech13oS-V-X1P
Czech13oX-V-S1S
Jula13oS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13oX-S-V1
Gagauz13oX-V-S1
Gagauz13oV-X-S1
Mongolian13oS-X-V1P
Mongolian13oX-S-V1S
Huarong Chinese13oS-V-X1
Kazakh13oS-X-V1NA
Nepali13oS-X-V1
Newari13oS-X-V1P
Newari13oX-S-V1S
Polish13oS-X-V0.5
Polish13oX-S-V0.5
Polish13oS-V-X1
Polish13oX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13oS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13oX-V-S1S
English13oS-X-V1S
English13oS-V-X1S
English13oX-V-S1P
Standard German13oS-X-V1S
Standard German13oX-S-V1P
Thai13oS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13oS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13oX-S-V1P
Upper Sorbian13oS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13oX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13oX-V-S1NA
Oromo13oS-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

III. Passive constructions
o) theme is contrastive topic

Prompt: Who was given a suit (to)?

I don't know, but the skirt was given (to) 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.