1. Inversion for Emphasis:
* "Never have I seen such beauty!" (Instead of "I have never seen such beauty.")
* "Only then did I realize my mistake." (Instead of "I realized my mistake only then.")
2. Questions:
* "Is it raining?" (Instead of "It is raining?")
* "What are you doing?" (Instead of "You are doing what?")
3. Literary Devices:
* "The cake, she ate it." (This is an example of anastrophe, reversing the typical subject-verb-object order for emphasis.)
* "A tall, dark, handsome stranger he was." (This is an example of hyperbaton, rearranging words for poetic effect.)
4. Informal Speech:
* "Nice to meet you, I am." (This is an example of inversion, used in some dialects or informal speech.)
5. Formal Language:
* "So impressed was I by his performance, that I gave him a standing ovation." (This is a more formal way of expressing the sentiment.)
6. Specific Language Features:
* "The man who loves you, is he coming?" (This is an example of fronting, moving a phrase to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, common in some languages like German.)
* "Yesterday, I went to the store." (This is an example of time adverbial fronting, placing the time adverbial at the beginning for emphasis, common in many languages.)
It's important to note:
* These are just a few examples of abnormal word order. There are many other ways that word order can be changed in a language.
* What is considered "abnormal" depends on the language being spoken. What is considered "abnormal" in English might be perfectly normal in another language.
* The use of abnormal word order is often done for stylistic reasons, such as to emphasize certain words or phrases, or to create a particular tone or mood.
Understanding the different types of abnormal word order helps us appreciate the flexibility of language and the ways in which writers and speakers can use word order to create meaning and effect.