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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Phrase order=== | ===Phrase order=== | ||
The normal word order is subject-verb-object (SVO). It can however be disrupted for stylistic purpose into | The normal word order is subject-verb-object (SVO). It can however be disrupted for stylistic purpose into several other orders. | ||
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“And so the Wizard humbled came to the island” | “And so the Wizard humbled came to the island” | ||
====Focalisation==== | |||
=====Verb focus===== | |||
VSO order is used to emphasise the verb phrase. | VSO order is used to emphasise the verb phrase. | ||
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“It was warring he was, Gôr-Amahhîzôn against the traitors.” | “It was warring he was, Gôr-Amahhîzôn against the traitors.” | ||
=====Object focus===== | |||
To emphasise an object, the object is broken out of the sentence and referred to with ina. The word order of the clause changes to demonstrative-subject-verb. | |||
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|+ ''Aškabhal, ina azbârán'' | |||
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|aškabhal||ina||az-bâr-án | |||
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|apple||{{sc|prox.dem}}||{{sc|1sg-}}eat{{sc|-ind.act-fut}} | |||
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“An apple, that's what I'll eat” | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||