Editing Turkish language (section)

==== Immediately preverbal ====

Consider the following simple sentence which demonstrates that the focus in Turkish is on the element that immediately precedes the verb:<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Function of Word Order in Turkish Grammar|last=Erguvanlı|first=Eser Emine|publisher=University of California Press|year=1984|isbn=0-520-09955-9|series=Linguistics Vol. 106|location=Berkeley}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Word order
! width=50% | Example
! width=50% | Focus
|-
|SOV
|{{interlinear
 |Ahmet yumurta-yı yedi
 |Ahmet egg.ACC ate
 |Ahmet ate the egg}}
|unmarked
|-
|SVO
|{{interlinear
 |Ahmet yedi yumurta-yı
 |Ahmet ate egg.ACC
 |Ahmet ate the egg}}
|the focus is on the subject: Ahmet (it was Ahmet who ate the egg)
|-
|OVS
|{{interlinear
 |Yumurta-yı yedi Ahmet
 |egg.ACC ate Ahmet
 |Ahmet ate the egg}}
|the focus is on the object: egg (it was an egg that Ahmet ate)
|}