The canonical order of the sentence is the most usual order of the main sentence elements, SUBJECT (S), VERB (V) and OBJECT (O), in a language, for example VSO in Arabic or SVO in English. See also WORD ORDER Found on http://www.viviancook.uk/Linguistics/LinguisticsGlossary.htm
The canonical order of the sentence is the most usual order of the main sentence elements, SUBJECT (S), VERB (V) and OBJECT (O), in a language, for example VSO in Arabic or SVO in English. See also WORD ORDER