preposed

There is no instance of a non-quantifying adjective preposed to the noun in Etruscan, whereas quantifying adjectives like numerals may prepose the noun as demonstratives do.

Ipa ama hen 2010

It's a preposed distal demonstrative *tan, declined in the accusative case and identical to that found in Etruscan.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

And to add, the reason why the privative *n̥- was prefixed was probably because the negative adverb from which it derives, *ne, was likewise preposed to the verb, the reason for which I've already explained before in Negational particles, negational verbs and negational adverbs.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

Still, while there are no examples of preposed adjectives that I am aware of, there are such Genetives.

Ipa ama hen 2010

Dschungu preposed this notion that there is a correlation between donors and polls.

Obama's Plea For Funds Nets Over $1 Million -- In One Day 2009

So, I would dare say that in both Etruscan and Rhaetic and probably also in Lemnian, OVS word order may signal agent-focussed sentences, much like how Mandarin's passive is constructed by marking the agent with preposed bei and placing the agent/object before the verb and after the patient/subject despite the default SVO word order.

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

In contrast, the idea that long vowels are reduced when used in oblique cases or when preposed to another noun is natural and commonplace.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

I take your point, but what your suggesting goes a fair bit further to the powers presently being preposed for the referendum.

Tories making the best of it. Glyn Davies 2008

In contrast, the idea that long vowels are reduced when used in oblique cases or when preposed to another noun is natural and commonplace.

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So, I would dare say that in both Etruscan and Rhaetic and probably also in Lemnian, OVS word order may signal agent-focussed sentences, much like how Mandarin's passive is constructed by marking the agent with preposed bei and placing the agent/object before the verb and after the patient/subject despite the default SVO word order.

Rhaetic inscriptions Schum PU 1 and Schum CE 1 2008