Re: Free word order in analytical languages
- From: Bart Mathias <mathias@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:28:43 -1000
Gorol wrote:
What language is this?
Hi, which grammatical means can be used to allow free word order of
actants except of rich inflection?
No inflections here; only agglutinations:
1) gogOL cekOvinE turatti
2) gogOL turatti cekOvinE
3) cekOvinE gogOL turatti
4) cekOvinE turatti gogOL
5) turatti gogOL cekOvinE
6) turatti cekOvinE gogoL
Translated into English,
1) Gogol chased Chekov.
2) Gogol (was the one who) chased Chekov.
3) Chekov (was the one who) was chased by Gogol.
4) Chasing was what Gogol did to Chekov.
5) Chase Chekov did Gogol (or "Boy, did Gogol chase Chekov or what?").
6) while comprehensible, this order is never used; it would be considered a
odd/clumsy way to express #5.
Are those free word order? It seems from your examples that the word order strictly denotes the meaning.
Free word order to me sounds more like
1) bokuga soreo sita
2) soreo bokuga sita
3) bokuga sita soreo
All of them mean "I (am the one who) did that" in Japanese, but even so there are nuances.
Bart Mathias
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