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English Listening - Language Parameters

Listening Time: English Practice

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What Are the Main Types of Word Order?

There aren't many different types of word order, there are just two main types. And these two main types make up the vast majority of all the languages in the world. So for example, if you say a sentence without a subject, it sounds completely wrong. In spanish, sometimes you don't need a subject. We can just say, staio viendo. This means is reining. There's no it there. It's just the verb is and reigning. The author explores this in detail with some of the other parimeters that he talks about. But the main point that i take away from this idea is that languages have a set of rules,. Some languages choose one

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