• 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
Amharic13rX-S-V1S
Amharic13rX-V-S1P
Czech13rS-V-X1P
Czech13rX-V-S1S
Jula13rS-V-X1NA
Gagauz13rS-X-V1
Gagauz13rS-V-X1
Gagauz13rV-S-X1
Mongolian13rS-X-V1P
Mongolian13rX-S-V1P
Kazakh13rX-S-V1NA
Nepali13rS-X-V1
Newari13rS-X-V1P
Newari13rX-S-V1S
Polish13rS-X-V0.5
Polish13rX-S-V1
Polish13rS-V-X1
Polish13rX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13rS-V-X1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13rX-V-S1S
English13rS-V-X1P
English13rX-V-S1P
Standard German13rS-X-V1
Standard German13rX-S-V1
Thai13rS-V-X1NA
Upper Sorbian13rS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13rX-S-V1P
Upper Sorbian13rS-V-X1S
Upper Sorbian13rX-V-S1S
Vietnamese13rX-V-S1NA
Oromo13rX-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

III. Passive constructions
r) non-theme is contrastive focus

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

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