- Map-Legend:
- O-V
- V-O
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akan | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Amharic | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Ika | 3 | O-V | 1 | NA | ||
| Bernese German | 3 | O-V | 1 | NA | ||
| Bernese German | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Bwamu | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Czech | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Ninkaré | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Finnish | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Gagauz | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Gagauz | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Mongolian | 3 | O-V | 1 | NA | ||
| Linxia Chinese | 3 | O-V | 1 | P | ||
| Linxia Chinese | 3 | V-O | 1 | P | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Huarong Chinese | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Ancash Quechua | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Hungarian | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Indonesian | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Italian | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Jejueo | 3 | O-V | 1 | NA | ||
| Kangle Chinese | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Kazakh | 3 | O-V | 1 | NA | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 3 | O-V | 1 | S | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 3 | V-O | 1 | P | ||
| Marathi | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Mopan Maya | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Mooré | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Nepali | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Newari | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Turkish | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Kannada | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Polish | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Slovene | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Slovene | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 3 | O-V | 1 | P | ||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 3 | V-O | 1 | S | ||
| English | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Standard German | 3 | O-V | 1 | |||
| Standard German | 3 | V-O | 1 | |||
| Thai | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 3 | O-V | 1 | P | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 3 | V-O | 1 | S | ||
| Vietnamese | 3 | V-O | 1 | NA | ||
| Oromo | 3 | O-V | 1 |
(3) What is the context-neutral order of O and finite V in embedded transitive clauses?
Please skip if there is no difference with respect to non-embedded examples.
Alternatives to be checked: O-V / V-O
Prompt: What did Mary say?
Mary said that my father bought a new car. (V-O)
*Mary said that my father a new car bought. (O-V)
Explanation: Please try to re-use the lexical material of (1) if possible, so that we get minimal pairs. If you have found variation with respect to the definiteness of the O in (1) and (2), please check the orders with both definites and indefinites. Please try for complement clauses. If there is variability in the presence of complementizers, please check both with and without complementizers. Please exclude contrastive focus or topic constructions as well as pronominal arguments.
Background: In some languages (West Germanic), the linear order in embedded and main clauses is different, in others, a normal order can only be established for the embedded clause.