, ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁S ama - B aj au ▁languages ▁could ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁V OS ▁languages . ▁S ▁is ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁actor ▁in ▁AV ▁and ▁the ▁under go er ▁in ▁U V . ▁O ▁is ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁non - subject ▁core ▁argument . ▁ ▁Word ▁Order ▁and ▁Information ▁Str ucture ▁ ▁Vari ant ▁word - orders ▁are ▁permitted ▁in ▁S ama - B aj au ▁languages . ▁The ▁different ▁word - orders ▁have ▁different ▁information ▁structure ▁interpret ations . ▁This ▁diff ers ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁clause . ▁ ▁Miller ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁suggests ▁that ▁verb - initial ▁order ▁in ▁West ▁Coast ▁B aj au ▁U V ▁cla uses ▁strongly ▁correl ates ▁with ▁for egr ounding . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁basic ▁word ▁order ▁given ▁that ▁the ▁under go er ▁in ▁final ▁position ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁specific ▁p rag m atic ▁status . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁front ed ▁under go ers ▁are ▁highly ▁active ▁and ▁accessible . ▁Both ▁SV O ▁and ▁V OS ▁orders ▁occur ▁with ▁equal ▁frequency ▁in ▁narr ative ▁texts , ▁though ▁V OS ▁is ▁highly ▁preferred ▁in ▁for egr ounded ▁cla uses . ▁ ▁AV ▁cla uses ▁are ▁pre domin antly ▁subject - initial ▁regardless ▁of ▁ground ing . ▁In ▁fact , ▁SV O ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁word - order ▁permitted ▁in ▁sub ordinate ▁cla uses . ▁Where ▁verb - initial ▁cla uses ▁in ▁AV ▁do ▁occur , ▁however , ▁they ▁typically ▁represent ▁key ▁sequences ▁of