[lojban] Re: word order was logo

[robin <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 December 2005 15:37, John E Clifford wrote:
>
> > --- Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > What's the word order in Arabic, anyway?
> >
> > Good question.  Any at least tyros?
>
>
> IIRR Semitic was VSO, though SVO is fairly common in Hebrew.
>
> As to Lojban word order, supposing it to have evolved from some Proto-Loglanic 
> language instead of being constructed, it appears to me to have been SOV, as 
> {naku} is easier to understand that way. Some verbs naturally make more sense 
> in an SSVO construction, such as {frica}.

I think one reason for having SVO as the default (rather than VSO, which 
is closer to predicate logic) is to allow the option of simulating 
pro-drop languages. Of course there are pro-drop SOV languages, but with 
no inflection, that could get very confusing.

robin.tr


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