WALS Online - Chapter Order of Subject, Object and Verb

While there is a question as to which of the two arguments in (3) should be considered a subject (or whether neither or both should), in both types of clauses the verb normally comes first, followed by the A, and then the P. Hence, by the use of subject and object assumed for this map, Cebuano is treated as a VSO language. Note that while the position of the subject in intransitive clauses is g

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これすごい。言語ごとのS/V/Oの基本文型分布。日本語的なSOV型はSVO型より言語数で優勢なのね。雑感だけど口伝の歴史が長いほど主語が後回しになるんだろーか？