Verb Object Subject
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In linguistic typology, Verb Object Subject or Verb Object Agent - commonly used in its abbreviated form VOS or VOA - represents the language-classification type in which the following sequence of the three constituents, in neutral expressions, is (example): "Ate oranges Sam."
Examples include Austronesian languages such as Malagasy, Old Javanese, Toba Batak and Fijian, as well as Mayan languages like Tzotzil, which are ergative languages. None of these languages has subjects in the English sense of the term, which is why many linguists find the phrase Verb Object Agent preferable to Verb Object Subject.
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