num_pages: 308
description: 'Basic Word Order' examines the frequencies of the six possible basic word (or constituent) orders (SOV, SVO, VSO, VOS, OSV and OVS). It provides a typologically grounded explanation for those frequencies in terms of three independent, functional principles of linguistic organization.
language: English
title: Basic Word Order: Functional Principles
titlecomplete: Basic Word Order: Functional Principles (Croom Helm Linguistics Series)
series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
publisher: Croom Helm Ltd