• 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
Amharic13qS-X-V1P
Amharic13qS-V-X1S
Czech13qX-V-S1NA
Jula13qS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13qX-S-V1
Gagauz13qX-V-S1
Gagauz13qV-X-S1
Mongolian13qS-X-V1ND
Mongolian13qX-S-V1ND
Huarong Chinese13qS-V-X1
Kazakh13qS-X-V1NA
Nepali13qS-X-V1
Newari13qS-X-V1P
Newari13qX-S-V1S
Polish13qS-X-V0.5
Polish13qX-S-V0.5
Polish13qS-V-X1
Polish13qX-V-S1
Polish13qV-X-S0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13qS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13qX-V-S1S
English13qS-X-V1S
English13qS-V-X1P
English13qX-V-S1S
Standard German13qS-X-V1P
Standard German13qX-S-V1S
Thai13qS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13qS-X-V1P
Upper Sorbian13qX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13qS-V-X1P
Upper Sorbian13qX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13qS-V-X1NA
Oromo13qS-X-V1
Oromo13qS-V-X1

(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
q) theme is contrastive focus

Prompt: The suit was given (to) your father.

Not at all! The coat was given (to) 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.