[#29] Working on basic structure

terminology/terminology.tex

@@ -491,17 +491,10 @@ \section{The language of Maya Hieroglyphs}
 (\Cref{chap:classic-mayan}).
 
 \subsection{Basic structure}
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-\blockquote[{\cite[24]{kettunenhelmke2020}}]{The word order in the Maya hieroglyphic texts, 
-and in the modern Mayan languages alike, usually follows the verb-object-subject (VOS) pattern 
-(unlike English which usually employs SVO-constructions). 
-However, very often in the hieroglyphic texts the object is missing or omitted, and clauses 
-usually begin with a date, giving us a typical formula of Maya texts: date-verb-subject. 
-Dates can often take up the major part of the texts, verbs only one or two glyph blocks in 
-each sentence, and personal names with titles can be as lengthy as the titles of European monarchs.
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+Classic Mayan and modern Mayan languages alike have a word other which usually follows
+the verb-object-subject structure (\cite[24]{kettunenhelmke2020}).
+In non-transitive sentences the pattern is verb-subject.
+When a date is involved, the date comes first like so: date-verb-(object-)subject
 
 \subsection{Phonology}
 In Classic Maya, there are five different vowels and twenty distinct consonants.