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Value Verb-subject-object (VSO)
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Stefánsson 1909
;
Wurm 1992
;
van der Voort 1997
Examples
uñasĭkcu tautuk awoñga atcu tuktu atcu kēruk añaninni
uñasĭkcu
far
tautuk
see
awoñga
I
atcu
if
tuktu
caribou
atcu
if
kēruk
wood
añaninni
big
I saw far away either a deer or a large piece of wood.
See
Stefánsson 1909
: 224
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