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Example 29-17
Marie soen dikwels (vir) Piet.
Marie
Mary
soen
kisses
dikwels
often
(vir)
(
obj
.
marker
)
Piet.
Pete
Mary often kisses Pete.
Comment:
This is the normal order where the object is new information (
vir
is a rheme-marker - cf. Molnarfi 1999).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – adverb – object
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