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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) | 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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4) Topicalised A or O arguments | 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. | ||
6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb. | 6) Topicalised X argument phrases are fronted to before the verb. | ||
7) Relativised verbs may not have topicalised arguments. | |||
====Mood and Modality==== | ====Mood and Modality==== | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
1) The canonical word order of Avalonian is VSOX. This is detailed as follows: | |||
verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase | |||
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=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== |
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