word order
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Several researchers noted “more short sentences, confused word order, and repetition, alongside extended digressions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024
The literary term “anastrophe” refers to the technique of reversing word order in a sentence for effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
At the talk Nordlinger asked Levinson what would happen if participants spoke a language with free word order.
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
The answer usually includes part of the question, with a slight modification of words or word order.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
