Editing Nominative–accusative alignment (section)

===Word order===
Some languages code very little through morphology and are more dependent on syntax to encode meaning and grammatical relationships. If a language relies less on overt case marking, alignment may be coded through word order, as in this example from [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]].

Indonesian
{{interlinear|indent=3
|c1=<ref name=vdv>van de Visser, Mario. (2006) "The Marked Status of Ergativity". PhD. Dissertation.</ref>
|saya<sub>i</sub> me<sub>i</sub>-mandi-kan pria itu
|1SG AT-wash-APPL man that
|‘I bathe that man’}}

In the following example from French, all subjects, both S and A, appear before the verb while O appears after the verb. Arguments occurring before the verb are coded as nominative, while arguments occurring directly after the verb are coded as accusative.

French
{{interlinear|indent=3
|Je(S) travaille
|I-NOM work
|‘I work’}}

{{interlinear|indent=3
|Je(A) jette un ballon(O)
|I-NOM throw a ball-ACC
|‘I throw a ball’}}