(Udmurt)

SV

SV: The dominant intransitive word order is SV.

(1)olovyžykyl-yśvunyl-jos,olobubyľi-osporja-zyujklub-yn.
ortaleELAmermaidPLorbutterflyPLwalkPST.3PLnightclubINE
’There were either mermaids of fairy tales or butterflies walking in the nightclub.’ (Udmurt corpus)

(2)tetća-lonoekt-oamneziagruppa-yśpi-os.
jump3PLanddance3PLAmnesiagroupELAboyPL
’The members of the Amnesia band are jumping and dancing.’ (meaning ’The people we can see jumping and dancing are members of the Amnesia band.’) (Udmurt corpus)

In an Udmurt sample of 100 sentences with an agentive intransitive verb and a nominal subject, 79% of the sentences had SV order (1), and 21% VS order (2), which is to show that the dominant word order of Udmurt is SV (1).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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