
Verb Subject Object—commonly used in its abbreviated form VSO—is a term in linguistic typology. It represents one type of languages when classifying languages according to the sequence of these constitutents in neutral expressions: ''Ate Sam oranges''. The word order roughly corresponds to the order of symbols in (non-reverse) Polish notation or the S-expressions of the Lisp programming language. Examples of languages with VSO word order include the Celtic languages (such as Welsh language, Irish language, and Scottish Gaelic language), Arabic language, Ancient Egyptian, Tagalog_language and Tongan language. Non-VSO languages that use VSO word order in questions include many Germanic languages and French language. For example, Dutch language uses VSO order in regular questions, and SVO order only (and optionally) for questions based on neutral sentences, as statements of incredulity ("Sam at sinaasappels." "Sam at ''sinaasappels''?", "Sam ate ''oranges''?"). Similarly, German language (normally SVO, though other orderings are used for purposes of emphasis) uses VSO order in certain conjunctionless subjunctive subclauses ("Äße Sam Orangen" as opposed to "Wenn Sam Orangen äße", both meaning "If Sam ate oranges") - as well as, traditionally, in jokes. Finnish language has a free word order, but most often the word being questioned comes first, followed by the rest of the constituents in SVO order. Thus it uses VSO order in questions where the action referred by the verb is questioned: "Söikö Sam appelsiineja?" ("Did Sam eat oranges?") However, questions where the subject or object is questioned are structured SVO or OSV, respectively: "Samko söi appelsiineja?" ("Was it Sam who ate oranges?"); "Appelsiinejako Sam söi?" ("Was it oranges that Sam ate?") The permutations in the order of most common to rarest are: * Subject Verb Object (SVO) ''Sam ate oranges.'' (for example English language, German language, Swahili language, Chinese language) * Subject Object Verb (SOV) ''Sam oranges ate.'' (for example Japanese language, Korean language, Persian language, Latin) * Verb Subject Object (VSO) ''Ate Sam oranges.'' (for example Welsh language, Hawaiian language and Arabic language) * Verb Object Subject (VOS) ''Ate oranges Sam.'' (for example Fijian language) * Object Verb Subject (OVS) ''Oranges ate Sam.'' (for example Hixkaryana language, or the artificial language Klingon language) * Object Subject Verb (OSV) ''Oranges Sam ate.'' (for example Yoda's unusual dialect of Languages in Star Wars)
Needs more info on contrary orderings in questions. How (un)common is the Dutch situation? Is there any semantic difference in the VSO ordering in French questions and the SVO ordering? --Anonymous, Apr 2 2004 13:30 UTC :Dutch seems just like modern scandinavian languages, anyway... Added information about Finnish word order in questions. --Aarnepolkusin, 2005-02-06 20:08 UTC Rather than including information from Dutch or Finnish, which are ''not'', properly speaking, VSO languages, how about a bit of information about Welsh or Arabic! User:Bathrobe 4 April 2005
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Verb Subject Object
Verb Subject Object—commonly used in its abbreviated form VSO—is a term in linguistic typology. It represents one type of languages when classifying languages according to the sequence of these constitutents in neutral expressions: ''Ate Sam oranges''. The word order roughly corresponds to the order of symbols in (non-reverse) Polish notation or the S-expressions of the Lisp programming language. Examples of languages with VSO word order include the Celtic languages (such as Welsh language, Irish language, and Scottish Gaelic language), Arabic language, Ancient Egyptian, Tagalog_language and Tongan language. Non-VSO languages that use VSO word order in questions include many Germanic languages and French language. For example, Dutch language uses VSO order in regular questions, and SVO order only (and optionally) for questions based on neutral sentences, as statements of incredulity ("Sam at sinaasappels." "Sam at ''sinaasappels''?", "Sam ate ''oranges''?"). Similarly, German language (normally SVO, though other orderings are used for purposes of emphasis) uses VSO order in certain conjunctionless subjunctive subclauses ("Äße Sam Orangen" as opposed to "Wenn Sam Orangen äße", both meaning "If Sam ate oranges") - as well as, traditionally, in jokes. Finnish language has a free word order, but most often the word being questioned comes first, followed by the rest of the constituents in SVO order. Thus it uses VSO order in questions where the action referred by the verb is questioned: "Söikö Sam appelsiineja?" ("Did Sam eat oranges?") However, questions where the subject or object is questioned are structured SVO or OSV, respectively: "Samko söi appelsiineja?" ("Was it Sam who ate oranges?"); "Appelsiinejako Sam söi?" ("Was it oranges that Sam ate?") The permutations in the order of most common to rarest are: * Subject Verb Object (SVO) ''Sam ate oranges.'' (for example English language, German language, Swahili language, Chinese language) * Subject Object Verb (SOV) ''Sam oranges ate.'' (for example Japanese language, Korean language, Persian language, Latin) * Verb Subject Object (VSO) ''Ate Sam oranges.'' (for example Welsh language, Hawaiian language and Arabic language) * Verb Object Subject (VOS) ''Ate oranges Sam.'' (for example Fijian language) * Object Verb Subject (OVS) ''Oranges ate Sam.'' (for example Hixkaryana language, or the artificial language Klingon language) * Object Subject Verb (OSV) ''Oranges Sam ate.'' (for example Yoda's unusual dialect of Languages in Star Wars)
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Needs more info on contrary orderings in questions. How (un)common is the Dutch situation? Is there any semantic difference in the VSO ordering in French questions and the SVO ordering? --Anonymous, Apr 2 2004 13:30 UTC :Dutch seems just like modern scandinavian languages, anyway... Added information about Finnish word order in questions. --Aarnepolkusin, 2005-02-06 20:08 UTC Rather than including information from Dutch or Finnish, which are ''not'', properly speaking, VSO languages, how about a bit of information about Welsh or Arabic! User:Bathrobe 4 April 2005
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#REDIRECT Verb Subject Object
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