English is an SVO language, so our grammar rules are designed to predict that objects follow verbs, and subjects precede verbs. S -> NP VP VP -> TV NP What rules would predict an SOV language, where the object precedes the verb, and the subject precedes the object?

Explanation:

English is an SVO language. And these abbreviation is thus;

S- SUBJECT

V- VERB

O- OBJECT

This however, describes the typical structure of a sentence and how sentences follows this pattern but... There are always exceptions!

This question seeks to explore the interaction of the syntactic categories i.e. the lexical and non-lexical categories.

The phrasal structure of the SVO language follows;

S -> NP (Noun phrase) + VP (Verb phrase)

VP -> V + NP

The SOV language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order.

An example is "I you Love"

Noun 1 - Noun 2 - singular Verb

Noun 1 - Adjective 1 - Adjective 2- Noun 2.

Adjective 1 - Noun 1 - Adjective 2- Noun 2.

Noun - Adjective - Adverb - Verb.

SOV is a basic structure and they aren't found often.