@article{swapdistanceminimizationshapestheorderof, title = {Swap distance minimization shapes the order of subject, object and verb in languages of the world}, author = {Jairo Rios-El-Yazidi and Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2604.26726}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26726}, }