The SOV > . . . > OSV Frequency Hierarchy  

Oleh:

Manning, Alan D. ; Parker, Frank

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 11 no. 1 (1989), page 43-65.
Fulltext: 10_01_Manning.pdf (1.47MB)

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Typologists tend to agree that the numerical distribution of the six logically possible orderings of S, 0 and V across the world’s languages is SOV > SVO > VSO > VOS > OVS > OSV. Starting with Peirce’s proposal that semantic form is diagrammatic (iconic) in nature, we then argue that the semantic relations of S, 0 and V are best characterized as three concentric regions: S contained in 0 and 0 contained in V. Word order functions as a linear interpretation of this semantic diagram according to the ordering principles of figure/ground interpretation. These principles interact in such a way that all six ordering interpretations fall on a preference scale which conforms exactly to the SOV > > OSV frequency hierarchy.

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