Word order

Word order, in linguistic typology, refers to the order in which words appear in sentences\nacross different languages. In many languages, changes in word order occur due to\ntopicalization or in questions. However, all languages are generally assumed to have a basic word order:\n \n SVO languages include English and French.\n \n SOV languages include\nDutch, German (but see Verb-Second) and Japanese.\n \nVSO (Verb-Subject-Object) languages include Gaelic.