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rarum 77: object before subject in basic word order
- Where found
- OVS: Coos (Coosan);ApalaĂ, Arekuna-Taupilang, BacairĂ, Hianacoto-Umaua, Hixkaryana, Makushi, Panare (all Carib ), AsurinĂ (Tupi) (Derbyshire 1977, Derbyshire & Pullum 1981); Wajana (Carib) (Howell 1982); Barasano (Tucanoan) (Pullum 1981).
VOS: Siuslaw (isolate), Coeur d’Alene (Salish) (mentioned by Greenberg himself, 1963: 110); Malagasy, Batak [Toba dialect], Fijian, Gilbertese (all Malayo-Polynesian); Tzeltal (Mayan), Otomi (Oto-Manguean), Ineseño Chumash (Hokan), Baure (Arawakan), Tzotzil, Kekchi (both Mayan), Tsou (Formosan, Austronesian) (Keenan 1978); Huave (isolate) (Pickett 1983: 536); Cakchicel, Chol, Huastec, Mopan, Pocoman, Pocomchi, Quiche, Tojolabal (all Mayan), Ojibwa (Algonquian) (Pullum 1981).
OSV: ApurinĂŁ (Arawakan), NadĂ«b (MakĂș), UrubĂș (Tupi), Xavante (GĂȘ) (Derbyshire 1977, Derbyshire & Pullum 1981); Kabardian (North Caucasian), Hurrian (isolate) (Polinskaja 1987: 89, 1989).
- Domain
- syntax
- Subdomain
- word order
- Keywords
- subject object
- Type
- rarum
- Universals violated
- ,
- Source
- Derbyshire, Desmond C. & Geoffrey K. Pullum (1981). Object initial languages. IJAL 47: 192-214.
