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
Several researchers noted “more short sentences, confused word order, and repetition, alongside extended digressions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024
Nordlinger and her colleagues focused on the impact of free word order at a critical moment in forming a sentence.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
He and his colleagues are now testing that hypothesis with a third language—Kîîtharaka, which is spoken in Kenya—that contains a highly unusual word order, very different from that of Thai or English.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 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
