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I corrected a typoo. She wrote "In the Greek sentence above, the subject is positioned to the left of the subject", she meant the "verb" is positioned not the "subject".
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The following is a Greek sentence

Σε ποιόν φίλο νομίζεις ότι μιλάει ο άντρας;

To which friend think.2SG that speak.3SG the man

Its counterpart in English is

To which friend do you think that the man speaks?

In Modern Greek, the word order is freely variable. In the Greek sentence above, the subjectverb is positioned to the left of the subject.

  1. How will this subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be represented in a syntax tree?
  2. Will this particular subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be a sister to V (μιλάει/speaks)

The following is a Greek sentence

Σε ποιόν φίλο νομίζεις ότι μιλάει ο άντρας;

To which friend think.2SG that speak.3SG the man

Its counterpart in English is

To which friend do you think that the man speaks?

In Modern Greek, the word order is freely variable. In the Greek sentence above, the subject is positioned to the left of the subject.

  1. How will this subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be represented in a syntax tree?
  2. Will this particular subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be a sister to V (μιλάει/speaks)

The following is a Greek sentence

Σε ποιόν φίλο νομίζεις ότι μιλάει ο άντρας;

To which friend think.2SG that speak.3SG the man

Its counterpart in English is

To which friend do you think that the man speaks?

In Modern Greek, the word order is freely variable. In the Greek sentence above, the verb is positioned to the left of the subject.

  1. How will this subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be represented in a syntax tree?
  2. Will this particular subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be a sister to V (μιλάει/speaks)
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What is the position of the subject in a Greek sentence, whose word order is VSO?

The following is a Greek sentence

Σε ποιόν φίλο νομίζεις ότι μιλάει ο άντρας;

To which friend think.2SG that speak.3SG the man

Its counterpart in English is

To which friend do you think that the man speaks?

In Modern Greek, the word order is freely variable. In the Greek sentence above, the subject is positioned to the left of the subject.

  1. How will this subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be represented in a syntax tree?
  2. Will this particular subject (NP ο άντρας/ the man) be a sister to V (μιλάει/speaks)