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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
Language:
Mandarin
Feature:
Order of Subject, Object and Verb
by
Matthew S. Dryer
Value:
SVO
Examples
Sentence igt-2238:
Zh āngs ān shōudǎo-le yi- fēng xìn.
Zh āngs ān
Zhangsan
shōudǎo-le
receive-PERF
yi- fēng
one-
clf
xìn.
letter
Zhangsan received a letter.
References
Li and Thompson 1981
cite
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