Query Details
| Query Subject: |
relative word order frequencies in English discourse
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| Author: | Frederick Newmeyer |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
Can anybody tell me where to find statistics on relative word order frequencies in English discourse? What I have in mind is the percentage of utterances that are S-V-O, where S and O are full noun phrases; the % where S and/or O are pronouns; the % in which the object is fronted in questions or topicalization; etc. If the source gives statistics comparing English with other languages, that would be even better. Thanks. I'll summarize. Fritz Newmeyer fjn@u.washington.edu |
