In linguistic typology, the object-verb-subject ( OVS ) or object-verb-agent ( OVA ) is a rare sequence of word permutations. OVS denotes the object-verb-object sequence in an expression without the label: Orange eating Sam , Duri has a rose . While passive sounds in English may appear in the OVS sequence, this is not an accurate description. In an active voice phrase, for example Sam eating oranges, grammatical subject, Sam , is an 'agent', acting on 'patience', orange, which is the object of the verb eating . In a passive voice, Oranges are eaten by Sam, the order is reversed so that the patient is followed by a verb, followed by the agent. However, citrus is the subject of the verb edited modified by the preposition phrase by Sam , expressing the agent, maintaining the subject-verb- (object) command ordinary.
The OVS sentence in English can be described when connecting adjectives to nouns (ie "cold is Alaska") although here cold is a predicative adjective, not an object. A rare example of the use of valid OVS typology, if idiomatic, English is poetic hyperbaton "The answer gives him nothing" , and "What say You?" . These examples are very unusual and not typical of modern oral English.
Video Object-verb-subject
Classification
OVS is a language class used in the language classification according to the dominant sequence of this constituent. In this case, the order of constituents is the object-verb-subject. Examples of languages ​​that use it include Guarijio, Hixkaryana, Urarina and to some extent also TapirapÃÆ'Â ©.
Maps Object-verb-subject
The syntax order uses
Although not dominant, this sequence is also possible when objects are emphasized in languages ​​that have relatively free word order due to letter marks. Classical Arabic, Romanian, Croatian, Basque, Esperanto, Hungarian, Finnish, Russian and, to some extent, German and Dutch, are examples. Some languages, such as Swedish and Norwegian, which usually do not have a wide case mark, allow such a structure when the pronoun (marked for the case) is involved, or when the role is clear from the context. In this language, this is quite often used when the object is already marked as a topic of discourse and new information is added about the object. OVS also often occurs when there is a discussion or question about the nature or identity of the object and the question is answered.
Some Norwegian examples use this word sequence for object emphasis: Det tror jeg ikke (It believes I do not) - I do not believe it. Tom sÃÆ'  ¥ jeg i gÃÆ'  ¥ r (Tom saw me yesterday) - I saw TOM yesterday. Fisk liker katten (cat likes cat) - Cats love FISH. In the last example, it is highly unlikely that "fish" is the subject, and therefore the order of words can be used.
In some languages, additional word order rules may provide sufficient disambiguation for explicit use of OVS. For example, a Danish declarative statement is usually SVnO, where "n" is a nullifying position or capital adverb. However, OVSn can be used to emphasize objects when there is no ambiguity. So, "Susanne elsker ikke Omar" (Susanne does not love Omar) versus "Omar elsker Susanne ikke" (Omar is someone Susanne does not like) where neither "Omar" nor "Susanne" has a case.
The flexibility of word order in Russian also allows the OVS sentence, generally to emphasize the subject. As an example: "? ???????? ???????" (Turn on. complete the task/mission : I complete the task/mission) versus "??????????????" (lit. My task/mission finished : It was me that completed the task/mission).
In Turkish OVS can be used to emphasize the verb. For example, "Barda ?? k? Rd? John" (Lit. broken glass John : John broke the glass) is a better answer to the question "What happened to the glass?" than ordinary SOV sentences "John barda ?? k? rd?" (Lit. John glass breaks ).
In the constructed language
The object-verb-subject sequence also occurs in Interlingua, although Interlingua Grammar does not mention it receives a passive voice. Thomas Breinstrup, editor-in-chief of Panorama at Interlingua, sometimes uses sequences in articles written for Panorama.
This sequence was chosen for the language Klingon built, the language spoken by the Klingon race of outer space in the fictional universe of the Star Trek series, to make foreign language sounds intentional and contrary to intuition.
See also
- Verbs-objects
- Subject-verb-object
- Object-subject-verb
- Verb-object-subject
- Verb-subject-object
- Category: Object-verb-language
References
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