word order

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These include word order preferences, such as whether verbs come before or after objects, and hierarchical structures, such as how grammatical relationships are marked within sentences.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Several researchers noted “more short sentences, confused word order, and repetition, alongside extended digressions.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Then, once they had decided which word order they were going to use, they started to look primarily at the character they mentioned first.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

A last option to consider is that the Yoda species is in some way hard-wired for object-subject-verb word order.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2019

As we’ll see, a writer must constantly reconcile the two sides of word order: a code for information, and a sequence of mental events.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker