Timeline for What is word order used for in "free word order" languages?
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| Mar 4, 2012 at 14:03 | comment | added | cyco130 | +1. In Turkish noun phrases involving adjectives lack morphology, so word order is important. But when there is some morphology involved, like the possessive construct "Ali'nin kalemi" (Ali's pen), "kalemi Ali'nin" is somewhat permissible, but would sound poetic. So I think the rule "determiner before determined" can be violated in some circumstances where morphology removes the ambiguity. | |
| Mar 3, 2012 at 15:36 | comment | added | kamil-s | An important constraint in Turkish would be determiner before determined, I believe. You can't really say Ali güzel instead of güzel Ali, right? Turkish is an interesting example in this regard because despite having relatively rich morphology, it still makes considerable use of syntax. I suppose it's lack of gender and not declining adjectives here. Is it of interest to typologists, the opposition syntax : morphology? | |
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