word order
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These include word order preferences, such as whether verbs come before or after objects, and hierarchical structures, such as how grammatical relationships are marked within sentences.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
The literary term “anastrophe” refers to the technique of reversing word order in a sentence for effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Nordlinger had always argued that many Australian languages had free word order, unlike other languages.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
A last option to consider is that the Yoda species is in some way hard-wired for object-subject-verb word order.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2019
That comes in handy in implementing the two principles of composition when they would otherwise be stymied by the rigid word order of English.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
