Talk:Verb–object–subject word order

message: These languages aren't VOS in any strict sense of the word. In fact, the whole concept of "subject" may be misleading: there's a lot of debate with many AN languages about whether they even have subjects. Anyway, not a clear case. kwami 23:52, 2005 May 4 (UTC)
:I'm fairly sure that Malagasy is consistently specifier-final and head-initial, so is probably underlyingly VOS.BovineBeast 18:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: Arabic language can have VOS(look to qoran)typology,for example:qata' nawatan al qittu =cutted a nut(-accusative suffix) the cat(-nominative suffix).قطعَ نواةًالقطُ
Humanbyrace (talk) 11:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic language can have VOS(look to qoran)typology,for example:qata' nawatan al qittu =cutted a nut(-accusative suffix)the cat(-nominative suffix).قطعَ نواةً القطُ 

message: While VOS can occur in Arabic, it is certainly not the most prevalent order! In fact, except for one syntactical construction, which could also be analysed differently, VOS in Arabic is very rare.
The most prevalent word order in Classical Arabic is VSO. In case the object is a pronoun attached to the verb we get something that could be thought of as VOS, but as the object in these cases is part of the verb, this can also be seen simply as VS.
The example currently cited in the article (28th Ayah from Surat Fatir: إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاء) is a very atypical example; indeed, for many native Arabic speakers this Ayah seems strange and not at all easy to understand.
188.169.229.30 (talk) 10:46, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic, and as a prime example, too?! 

message: In the coming week and ongoing until December 13th, some changes will be coming to this entry as a part of a University of British Columbia Linguistics course. We have attached a rough outline of the sections we wish to include, any input is welcome.
Outline:
(1)Introduction (What is VOS, what languages exhibit this form)
(2)Typology (background properties of VOS grammar)
(3)Example languages (Malagasy, Salish, Tzotzil, including graphics of trees) 
(4)Discussion on the ongoing debate about the underlying structures of VOS languages  — Preceding unsigned comment added by M.brondizio (talk • contribs) 21:23, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
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message: I just put up some empty headings for upcoming entries. I am also a part of the UBC Linguistics assignment group.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyra.Hayter (talk • contribs) 01:41, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
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message: Hi all, I am also a part of the UBC Linguistics class that is updating this page for a group project. I will be updating the page with some examples of Indigenous languages where VOS is a feature tonight and tomorrow.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridgetchase (talk • contribs) 06:02, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating with Salish language examples 

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message: The 錫公雞 table isn't as clear, due to more items in each table cell than the other tables. Jidanni (talk) 02:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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message: VOS is the most logical word order for initial grammar structuring for a baby adopting whatever may be its first language, because verbs carry most information, object is also important but somewhat less and subjects can be construed from the context, because babies do not carry out philosophical discussions but immediate informative communication.
So the baby starts with "give + milk + baby (ie him/her-self) + momma", not "Mom, give me milk" or "catch/grab + toy + baby" and not "I want to have that toy" or "fall + hurt + leg + baby", not "I fell and hurt my leg" etc. 
I am giving examples in English but this goes for all languages as far as I know (granted, I speak just 13, of which 3 Asian, 1 non-IE European and the rest Indo-European).
So this seems to me by far most primordial. Anyway...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martijnk (talk • contribs) 02:33, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most logical word order for baby adopting first language 

message: Mainly in Italian the phrase formation used is SVO (Io (I) Mangio (Eat) La Pasta (Pasta) but you could also say “ La (referring to Pasta) Mangi (Eat) Tu(You)?” Which means “Are you eating it (literally do you eat it?)?” Or also, even if it sounds cacophonous, you can say “Mangi tu la pasta?” “Eat you pasta?”. This is not a discussion, just an explanation of the edit I’m about to do. Antonio TorQ (talk) 18:03, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian IS SVO, but it can also be OVS or VSO