139,677
edits
Scellan/Syntax: Difference between revisions
m
→Topic-prominence
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: | Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: | ||
topic [preverbs] verb | topic [preverbs] verb subject ... | ||
The subject will be a pronoun if the topic is the subject, or if the topic is 1st or 2nd person. | |||
As a consequence subordinate clauses, which have no topic of their own, use verb-initial word order. | |||
==Noun phrase== | ==Noun phrase== | ||