The paradox of SOV: A case for token-based typology

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wfbpv" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wfbpv</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The paradox of SOV: A case for token-based typology

Original language description

This study addresses a paradox in word order typology. On the one hand, the SOV order has longer dependency distances and therefore higher processing costs compared to verb - medial order. On the other hand, it is the most frequent word order in languages of the world. How come? An analysis of large - scale corpus data in thirty - two languages annotated with Universal Dependencies provides a simple answer: the costly long distances occur more rarely than one would assume because verb

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů