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
Amharic13pS-X-V1P
Amharic13pX-S-V1S
Czech13pS-V-X1S
Czech13pX-V-S1P
Jula13pS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13pS-X-V1
Gagauz13pS-V-X1
Gagauz13pV-S-X1
Mongolian13pS-X-V1S
Mongolian13pX-S-V1P
Huarong Chinese13pS-V-X1
Kazakh13pS-X-V1P
Kazakh13pX-S-V1S
Nepali13pS-X-V1
Newari13pS-X-V1P
Newari13pX-S-V1S
Polish13pX-S-V0.5
Polish13pS-V-X0.5
Polish13pX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13pS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13pX-V-S1S
English13pS-X-V1S
English13pS-V-X1P
English13pX-V-S1S
Standard German13pS-X-V1
Standard German13pX-S-V1
Thai13pS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13pS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13pX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13pS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13pX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13pX-V-S1NA
Oromo13pX-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

III. Passive constructions
p) non-theme is contrastive topic

Prompt: What was given (to) your father?

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.