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<DIV><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Anna,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As
Philippe Bourdin pointed out, the Givon reference should have been 1975. Another
article that may be of interest is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P>Longacre, Robert E.<SPAN class=393053323-29042003> </SPAN>1995<SPAN
class=393053323-29042003>.</SPAN> Left shifts in Strongly VSO Languages. In:
Pamela Downing—Michael Noonan (eds.), <I>Word Order in Discourse</I>, 331-354.
Amsterdam: John Banjamins.</P></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><SPAN class=393053323-29042003>It looks at
left-shifting in </SPAN>Chicahuaxtla Trique (Otomanguean), Jur Luwo (Nilotic),
& Biblical Hebrew, all "strongly" VSO languages.</DIV>
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<P><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=393053323-29042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Matthew</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>Matthew Anstey<BR>Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam<BR>Faculteit der
Godgeleerdheid<BR>Residence: 7 East Place, Kambah ACT 2902,
Australia<BR>ansteyfamily@optusnet.com.au<BR>+61 (0)2 6296
4044<BR></FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Discussion List
for ALT [mailto:LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Anna
Sörés<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 27, 2003 7:56 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Word Order
Change<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Christiane Marchello-Nizia</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(ENS LSH Lyon – IUF Paris)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="mailto:marchell@linguist.jussieu.fr">marchell@linguist.jussieu.fr</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">and</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Anna Sorés</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(Université Paris X)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="mailto:anna.sores@net-up.com">anna.sores@net-up.com</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear Colleages,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We are working on some types
of Word Order Change , in Romance languages and Finno-Ugric Languages: from
SOV to SVO particularly.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In order to develop our
corpus, we should like to extend our research to other cases of such a change
(from SOV to SVO, and also from SVO to VSO).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do you know the same evolution in
other languages ? It would be very helpful for us if you have other
examples.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Thank you for helping
us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A.S and
CMN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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