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Verb Object Agent or '''Verb Object Subject''' - commonly used in its abbreviated form '''VOA''' or '''VOS''' - is a term in Linguistic Typology . It represents one type of languages when classifying languages according to the sequence of these constitutents in neutral expressions: ''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 Language s. None of these languages have Subject s 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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