Vadi: Difference between revisions

Vadi's canonical SOV word order is used to indicate the case roles of the core arguments of a clause, to delineate the constituents of a noun phrase, and to indicate the pivot in multiclausal sentences.  Although the language is primarily SOV, the verb phrase may occur in different locations in the clause for pragmatic purposes.  However, if both the subject and object arguments are expressed by overt nouns, the S-argument invariably precedes the O-argument in transitive clauses. Tense particles typically occur in clause-final position, but in transitive clauses they can and often move from clause-final position to cliticize to the object pronoun.  In intransitive clauses, they can cliticize to the subject, so long it is a pronominal argument.