A new perspective on word order preferences: The availability of a lexicon triggers the use of SVO word order

A new perspective on word order preferences: The availability of a lexicon triggers the use of SVO word order

Word orders are not distributed equally: SOV and SVO are the most prevalent among the world’s languages. While there is a consensus that SOV might be the ‘default’ order in human languages, the factors that trigger the preference for SVO are still a matter of debate. Here we provide a new perspectiv...

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Main Authors: Hanna eMarno, Alan eLangus, Mahmoud eOmidbeigi, Sina eAsaadi, Shima eSeyed-Allaei, Marina eNespor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Language
Linguistics
grammar
Gestures
Lexicon
cognitive resources
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01183/full

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