Arbitrary word order (linguistics)
- Arbitrary word order (linguistics)
A property of languages where word order within a sentence doesn't matter. It can express slight differences in meaning, the mood of the speaker, emphasis or other things.
Languages with arbitrary word order
* Hungarian language - It is made possible in Hungarian by the -t postfix indicating that the word is the object of the sentence.
Examples
Hungarian
* English: "Kate ate a cake", Hungarian:
** "Emese megevett egy szeletet" (same word order as English)
** "Meg Emese evett egy szeletet" (emphasis on her)
** "Egy szeletet Emese evett meg" (same emphasis as above)
** "Emese egy szeletet evett meg" (emphasis on cake)
** "Egy szeletet evett meg Emese" (emphasis on one)
** "Megevett egy szeletet Emese"
** "Megevett Emese egy szeletet"
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