languages with SOV word order with case-marking vs. languages with SVO word order without case-marking

[Daniel W. Hieber]

Hi Ted,

Comrie discusses this in his book Language Universals & Linguistic Typology,
pp. 213-214, citing specifically Vennemann 1974 (full citation below),
although Comrie is rather critical of his claims. Vennemann's idea is also
critiqued by Hawkins 1983, chs. 5-6.

Vennemann, Theo. 1984. Typology, universals and change of language. In Jacek
Fisiak (ed.), Historical Syntax. Trends in Linguistics: Studies and
Monographs 23. Berlin: Mouton, 593-612.

Hawkins, John A. 1983. Word order universals. Quantitative Analyses of
Linguistic Structure. New York: Academic Press. 

Hope that helps,

Danny Hieber

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Dear Funknet people:

Can you please provide me with references for the claim that word order in
language tends to shift between SOV word order with case-marking to SVO word
order without case-marking?  Or any similar such claim?  I am citing Givon
for this claim, but I have heard from others that there are some claims that
pre-date him.  I am interested in all such references: both pre- and
post-Givon.

Yours sincerely,

Ted Gibson