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External Sandhi

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	2) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.		2) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.

	3) ~~Essentially, any juncture between adjacent words involving~~ word-final ~~consonants or vowels or~~ word-initial ~~consonants or vowels are treated as if it was~~ a ~~consonant or~~ vowel ~~cluster within~~ a word.		3) Between a word-final consonant and a word-initial consonant, an epenthetic /i/ is inserted.

			4) Between a word-final vowel and a word-initial vowel, an epenthetic /ŋ/ is inserted.

	==Morphology==		==Morphology==

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Constituent order

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	verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase		verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase

	2) Topicalisation may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.		2) Topicalisation or wh-fronting may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.

	===Noun phrase===		===Noun phrase===

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	===Constituent order===		===Constituent order===

	1) The canonical word order of Avalonian is as follows:		1) The canonical word order of Avalonian is VSOX. This is detailed as follows:

	verb + agent or subject + object + oblique		verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase

	2) Topicalisation may front one of the agent, the subject, the object or the oblique to before the verb.		2) Topicalisation may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.

	===Noun phrase===		===Noun phrase===

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Constituent order

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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	===Constituent order===		===Constituent order===

			1) The canonical word order of Avalonian is as follows:

			verb + agent or subject + object + oblique

			2) Topicalisation may front one of the agent, the subject, the object or the oblique to before the verb.

	===Noun phrase===		===Noun phrase===
	===Verb phrase===		===Verb phrase===

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Topicalisation

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	6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb.		6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb.

	7) ~~In relativised transitive~~ verbs~~, the topical argument~~ may ~~be omitted~~.		7) Relativised verbs may not have topicalised arguments.

	====Mood and Modality====		====Mood and Modality====

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Topicalisation

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	4) Topicalised A or O arguments ~~directly follow~~ the verb.		4) Topicalised A or O arguments are fronted to before the verb.

	5) The S arguments of intransitive verbs never mark topic as they are either the topic or an X argument is elevated to topic.		5) The S arguments of intransitive verbs never mark topic as they are either the topic or an X argument is elevated to topic.

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	6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb.		6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb.

			7) In relativised transitive verbs, the topical argument may be omitted.

	====Mood and Modality====		====Mood and Modality====

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Nouns

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Nouns

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Verbs