[Lingtyp] Subject-verb inversion with transitive verbs

[Ernei Ribeiro]

Joo, the constructions you mentioned are impersonal. Such constructions are
apparently disregarded in the literature on subject inversion (Barbosa 2009
and others).



Christian, the definition of subject-verb inversion is “subject-verb
inversion occurs when both SV and VS orders are possible in declarative
sentences.” As mentioned earlier, the verb must be transitive and the
subject must be referential (non-impersonal).



Best,

Ernei

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 11:31 PM Christian Lehmann <
christian.lehmann at uni-erfurt.de> wrote:

> Dear Ernei,
>
> before you proceed to test your hypotheses, it may be useful to first
> define 'subject-verb inversion'. See:
>
>
> https://www.christianlehmann.eu/ling/lg_system/grammar/morph_syn/Inversion_der_Hauptkonstituenten.html
>
> Best,
>
> Christian
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