Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions

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The default constituent order is (time-place)-verb-subject-pronominal oblique object-direct object-(place-time). Any constituent may be topicalized or focalized by being placed in front of the verb. The syntactic difference between topicalization and focalization is that a topicalized noun phrase is the absolute first constituent of a clause while focalized noun phrases have to follow pre-verbal adjuncts such as negation. Adverbs such as ''la'' (also) and ''vid'' (only) also have some tendency to front the nouns they precede/modify.
The default constituent order is (time-place)-verb-subject-pronominal oblique object-direct object-(place-time). Any constituent may be topicalized or focalized by being placed in front of the verb. The syntactic difference between topicalization and focalization is that a topicalized noun phrase is the absolute first constituent of a clause while focalized noun phrases have to follow pre-verbal adjuncts such as negation. Adverbs such as ''la'' (also) and ''vid'' (only) also have some tendency to front the nouns they precede/modify.


===Topicalization and focalization===
==="Emphasis"===


==="Cleft clauses"===
====Topicalization====
====Focalization====
====="Cleft clauses"====


===Noun phrases===
===Noun phrases===