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Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. The process of using filler text is sometimes called greeking, although the text itself may be nonsense, or largely Latin, as in Lorem ipsum. | Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. The process of using filler text is sometimes called greeking, although the text itself may be nonsense, or largely Latin, as in Lorem ipsum. | ||
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=== Parameter Order === | |||
Pangali, in line with its use of case marking, allows its speakers to vary their choice of word order. That being said, the default and most neutral order is OSV (Object-Subject-Verb): | |||
''''' | '''Dimumi wabuśi kasuwiśikawi''' | ||
animal-ACC father.ERG CAUS-eat | |||
''The father is feeding the animal'' | |||
'''Ńakukumami wabuśi iśikawi su unańalu namulinawi''' | |||
1P.GEN-apple-ACC father.ERG CAUS-eat REL INTRANS-I fear | |||
''I fear that my father is feeding the animal.'' | |||
=== Topicalization === | |||
With the exception of the verb, which must be in the final position of a clause, phrases that are emphasized generally come first in a sentence. | |||
'''Śikimi baúmaliku śuwiwaúśuwi''' (Neutral) | |||
child-ACC bird.ERG DIM-bite | |||
''The bird nipped the child'' | |||
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'''Baúmaliku śikimi śuwiwaúśuwi''' (Emphasis on '''baúmaliku''') | |||
bird.ERG child-ACC DIM-bite | |||
''It was the bird that nipped the child'' |
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