Description:

Students will put in practice the theory seen about Word Order. 

Purpose: 

To understand the differences in word order of languages around the world.

Task: 

Organize the following phrases according to the different word orders given in the table below.

Word order	English equivalent	Proportion of languages		Example languages
SOV	"She him loves."	45%		Japanese, Latin, Turkish
SVO	"She loves him."	42%		English, Mandarin, Russian
VSO	"Loves she him."	9%		Hebrew, Irish, Zapotec
VOS	"Loves him she."	3%		Malagasy, Baure
OVS	"Him loves she."	1%		Apalaí?, Hixkaryana?
OSV	"Him she loves."	0%		Warao, Yoda

Table taken from: Russell Tomlin, "Basic Word Order: Functional Principles", Croom Helm, London, 1986, page 22

Group A

Subject: She
Verb: speak
Object: Portuguese 

Languages: Japanese, Hebrew and Warao

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Group B

Subject: They
Verb: study
Object: Maths

Languages: Italian, Latin, Apalaí and Zapotec

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Group C

Subject: I
Verb: loathe
Object: mulligatawny

Languages: Romanian, Hixkaryana and Classical Arabic.