The shift from OV to VO and an analytic tendency of languages

Marek Gawelko

doi:10.1524/slaw.2009.0028

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The shift from OV to VO and an analytic tendency of languages

Marek Gawelko

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Abstract

Some linguists discovered the importance of the shift from OV to VO order to the development of the Indo-European languages. A question arises whether the shift OV > VO has only affected the development of some categories or, maybe, also the analytic tendency of the Indo-European languages. A comparison of some features permitting the differentiation of languages on a synthetic – analytic scale in Latin (with an OV order) and in Polish (with a VO order) would contribute towards the solution of this problem: Latin is only a little more synthetic than Polish. The complex problem why Polish is only a little more analytic still awaits explanation.

Keywords: shift from OV to VO; Indo-European languages; synthetic - analytic; Polish; Latin

Published Online: 2010-04-16

Published in Print: 2009-12

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shift from OV to VO; Indo-European languages; synthetic - analytic; Polish; Latin