Keenan (1979): "... the problem would quite obviously be more serious in a VOS language than in a VSO language, since more material in a VOS language would be present before the Subject was enunciated."

Ikus daigun ondorengo aipu luzea ti Edward L. Keenan (1979) an bere "On surface form and logical form", non autoreak razonatzen du zergátik orohar izanen litzake funtzionalki hainbat hobe baldin emanen balitz sujetua lehenda bere VP, esan nahi baita aurré bere predikatua (azpi baldintza komunikatibo orokorrak, eta ez bereziki kontextualak):

Thus if the VP preceeds the Subject, hearers will have to suspend an exact interpretation for it until the Subject is enunciated. [Keenan, 1979]

Pasarte horretan, Keenan orobat mintzo da gain "temporary memory", non gorde beharko litzaké predikatuko materiala artio predikatu horren ...

... referents can be established bay the Subject. [Keenan, 1979]

zein gertatuko baita justuki an bukaera e esaldia. Areago, arazo horiek gradatzen ditú noiz dioen ze ...

... the problem would quite obviously be more serious in a VOS language than in a VSO language, since more material in a VOS language would be present before the Subject was enunciated. [Keenan, 1979]

halan-ze prozesamendu-arazoak izanen liraké serioagoak edo gutxio serioak segun hizkuntzaren hitz-ordena izán (kanonikoki) sujetuazkena (VOS) edo ez hain sujetuazkena (VSO).

Dá justuki ber argumentua e atzerakarga, baina aplikatua ki sujetua (gure buru diskursiboa) respektu predikatua gure (gure osagarri diskursiboa). [⇶]