On the Parallelism of DPs and Clauses: Evidence from Kisongo Maasai version of 9/12/2003
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There are well-known word order correlations between clauses and DPs, with clausal VS(O) order correlating with nominal NS(O) order, and, less strongly, with NA order. Of the 53 V1 languages listed in Hawkins (1983) for example, 51 have NG word order, and 38 NA order. These correlations can be illustrated for Kisongo Maasai, an Eastern Nilotic language with strict VSO word order, and (Dem) N (Num) A order.
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