this presentationn is one of contrastive linguistic's assignment. It show several points that compare one languate with another language based on the syntax.

1. Contrastive Linguistic
Faculty of Education and Teacher Training | English Education
Department | Muhammadiyah University of Tangerang |
2014
Basic Word Order in Formal and Functional
Linguistic And Typological Status of Canonical
Sentence Type
Third Group | B.1 | 5th Semester
Team Members :
Syarifa Almi / Kurniasih / Nursathia Rarasati / Rifki Lufiani

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Sentence
What do you know about a sentence?
1. A sentence is a group of words that tell a whole
idea.
2. A sentence starts with a capital letter.
3. A sentence ends with punctuation (like a period or
question mark).
4. A sentence has a naming part and an action.

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Sentence
If words in a sentence are in wrong order, you can not understand the
sentence. The sentence must have the words in order to make sense.
Example :
1. Sat on Mom’s lap the cat.1. Sat on Mom’s lap the cat.
2. The cat sat on Mom’s lap.2. The cat sat on Mom’s lap.

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Word Order
the placement of words in a certain order
according to the norms of a language, both in the
level of sentences and clauses, as well as in the
level of phrases.

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The Canonical Word Order
Paradox
Greenberg’s six-way classification :
VSO (Qoro’a Imron al-kitaaba / Reads Imron the book.)
SVO (He shook his head.)
SOV (John, the table in that class, bring here please !)
VOS (Llena los vasos Don Latino / fills the glasses Don
Latino)
OSV (Beans I like.)
OVS (Tyn beboda awrat se aelmihtiga / Ten
commandments wrote the almighty ).

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Generative Grammar and The
Canonical Word Order
Paradox
According to generativist, word order refers to
how the word is arranged at deep structure which
is produced by the PS Rules and has a function as
input to the movement rules.

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Dryer and The Canonical
Word Order Paradox
Dryer replaces the six-way classification into
two two-way typological parameters :
a. SV (You sing) vs. VS (Take it !)
a. OV (Mejanya pindahkan !) vs. VO (Iqro’
kitaab !)

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CONCLUSION
Every language has different word order.
And the order of words in a sentence
better by using canonical word order or
formally word order in written or spoken.

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