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Placement of adverbs and adverbial noun phrases is fairly free, but results in a change of emphasis. An adverb may occur clause initially, after the verb, or clause finally. If the adverb is placed at the beginning of the clause, the adverb itself is emphasised. If it is placed immediately after the verb, its applicability to the verb is emphasised. If it is placed clause finally, its apllicability to the entire clause is emphasised. | Placement of adverbs and adverbial noun phrases is fairly free, but results in a change of emphasis. An adverb may occur clause initially, after the verb, or clause finally. If the adverb is placed at the beginning of the clause, the adverb itself is emphasised. If it is placed immediately after the verb, its applicability to the verb is emphasised. If it is placed clause finally, its apllicability to the entire clause is emphasised. | ||
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--[[User:PeteBleackley|PeteBleackley]] 03:54, 1 June 2006 (PDT) | --[[User:PeteBleackley|PeteBleackley]] 03:54, 1 June 2006 (PDT) | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 6 September 2012
Basic word order
Basic sentence structure
Word order in sentences is VSO. This does not vary.
Infinitive clauses
Infinitives have no subject, so word order in infinitive clauses is VO.
Adjectives
Adjectives follow the noun. This applies to noun phrases qualifying another noun (such as genitives) although in the case of noun phrases there is no agreement with the head noun, i.e. no suffixaufname.
Adverbs
Placement of adverbs and adverbial noun phrases is fairly free, but results in a change of emphasis. An adverb may occur clause initially, after the verb, or clause finally. If the adverb is placed at the beginning of the clause, the adverb itself is emphasised. If it is placed immediately after the verb, its applicability to the verb is emphasised. If it is placed clause finally, its apllicability to the entire clause is emphasised.
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