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
The literary term “anastrophe” refers to the technique of reversing word order in a sentence for effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Nordlinger and Kidd suspect that when someone speaks a language that has a truly free word order, they are under pressure to swiftly make decisions about the sentence they will say.
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
