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Word order in Rówok tends in normal circumstances toward SOV, but it's really whatevs. | Word order in Rówok tends in normal circumstances toward SOV, but it's really whatevs. The language features strong [[#Fronting|fronting]], which can result in any sort of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_typology#Subject.E2.80.93verb.E2.80.93object_positioning structural typology]. | ||
[[#Postpositions| | Meanwhile its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphosyntactic_alignment morphosyntactic alignment] is fluid-S, with virtually all verbs able to show all types of [[#Agency|agency valence]] in conjunction with nominal arguments in various cases. | ||
[[#Postpositions|Postpositions]], [[#Clitics|clitics]], and [[#Wh- words|wh- words]] have the most rigid word order, while most other constituents have pretty free word order, not dissimilar to Latin. Convention has led to some other fixed word orders in some situations, the majority of which will be described below. | |||
====Copula==== | ====Copula==== |
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