Kipin/Syntax

Kipin syntax is governed mainly by information structure. The basic word order is SVO, but new information is fronted and old information moved back, creating a highly variable word order. Noun phrases may be characterised and adjective-noun, noun-genitive and relative clause-noun. Kipin lacks adverbs, but verbs may be qualified by adverbial phrases, which are treated as applied arguments of the verb. There are also a number of periphrastic constructions which express grammatical categories that are not expressed in the morphology.