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==Themsarian==

==Talsmic==

===Themsarian===

In Themsarian the topic is NOT prominent - the topic comes immediately after the verb most of the time?

===Old Vernacular Talsmic===

Old Vernacular Talsmic dialects are largely similar to Noble Themsarian, but there are grammatical, lexical and stylistic differences:

*The synthetic preterite falls into disuse, being supplanted by the "after {{sc|infinitive-subject}}" construction.

*Trend towards collapsing all state distinctions in adjectives (often into the former predicative form)

*The dual is often not used, except for emphasis or stylistic reasons.

~~In Themsarian the topic is NOT prominent - the topic comes immediately after the verb most of the time?~~

Given topic prominence and topicalization = fronting, new (discourse-new) subject is fronted, since it is new topic. Then this becomes a topic prominent/V2 language as in vernacular Talsmic. Relative clauses are by default VSO but can undergo fronting for focus. Discourse-new object is fronted as well.

==Qelorian==

===Qelorian===

~~===Relative clauses~~===

*The subject of a relative clause is indexed by adding a pronominal suffix on the head (if they are different)

The subject is indexed by adding a pronominal suffix on the head (if they are different)

==Diachronics lab==

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-==Themsarian==
+==Talsmic==
+===Themsarian===
+In Themsarian the topic is NOT prominent - the topic comes immediately after the verb most of the time?
+===Old Vernacular Talsmic===
+Old Vernacular Talsmic dialects are largely similar to Noble Themsarian, but there are grammatical, lexical and stylistic differences:
+*The synthetic preterite falls into disuse, being supplanted by the "after {{sc|infinitive-subject}}" construction.
+*Trend towards collapsing all state distinctions in adjectives (often into the former predicative form)
+*The dual is often not used, except for emphasis or stylistic reasons.
-In Themsarian the topic is NOT prominent - the topic comes immediately after the verb most of the time?
 Given topic prominence and topicalization = fronting, new (discourse-new) subject is fronted, since it is new topic. Then this becomes a topic prominent/V2 language as in vernacular Talsmic. Relative clauses are by default VSO but can undergo fronting for focus. Discourse-new object is fronted as well.
-==Qelorian==
+===Qelorian===
-===Relative clauses===
+*The subject of a relative clause is indexed by adding a pronominal suffix on the head (if they are different)
-The subject is indexed by adding a pronominal suffix on the head (if they are different)
 ==Diachronics lab==