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Object Initial Languages. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Volume 23.
Derbyshire, Desmond C.; Pullum, Geoffrey K. – 1979
Recently collected evidence shows the likely existence of twelve South American Indian languages with object-initial word order. This is contrary to what had been generally predicted in the literature on word order typology before 1977. Numerous examples are provided of OVS (Object-Verb-Subject) and OSV (Object-Subject-Verb) word order, primarily…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Componential Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Research
A Diachronic Explanation for the Origin of OVS in Some Carib Languages. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Volume 23.
Derbyshire, Desmond C. – 1979
This research suggests a possible diachronic explanation for the emergence of OVS (Object-Verb-Subject) as basic sentence word order in Carib languages. The application of afterthought grammaticalization patterns to explain diachronic change in the position of subject necessitates some modification of Hyman's and Venneman's hypotheses. Neither…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics