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<strike>The most common order in Kiravic is verb-subject-object, though word order can be rather free and subject-object-verb order is also common, particularly in Central and Upper Kiravic dialects. Adpositional phrases modifying verbs most often precede the verb in VSO sentences and follow it in SOV sentences. Adjectives and adverbs precede the words that they modify.</strike> | <strike>The most common order in Kiravic is verb-subject-object, though word order can be rather free and subject-object-verb order is also common, particularly in Central and Upper Kiravic dialects. Adpositional phrases modifying verbs most often precede the verb in VSO sentences and follow it in SOV sentences. Adjectives and adverbs precede the words that they modify.</strike> | ||
[Word order redux] | [Word order redux]<br> | ||
[''na'' particle] | [Questions & Answers]<br> | ||
[''na'' particle]<br> | |||
[Recursion, Relative clauses, Dependent clauses, etc]<br> | |||
===Case governance=== | ===Case governance=== | ||
An important way in which Kiravic produces a full and rich range expression with a very limited number of verbs is through case-governed constructions. | An important way in which Kiravic produces a full and rich range expression with a very limited number of verbs is through case-governed constructions. | ||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||