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Saved in translation? Diversity shared in French and Dutch medieval literature. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Hum Sci
Kestemont M   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Old Gallo-Romance

Verb Second in Medieval Romance, 2018
This chapter provides a detailed account of the word order properties of Old French and Old Occitan. It shows that Old French is a descriptively stricter V2 system than Old Occitan but that both are V2 grammars, with a prefield nonspecialized for subjects, a dominant V2 order, Germanic inversion, and matrix/embedded asymmetries.
S. Wolfe
exaly   +3 more sources

A comparative study of word order in Old Romance

Folia Linguistica, 2012
The main objective of this article is to discuss word-order phenomena in Old French, Old Spanish, Old Portuguese, and Old Occitan from a comparative perspective. In particular, the following are examined: (i) the empirical evidence in order to assess the theoretical arguments for and against a verbsecond analysis of the Old Romance languages; (ii) verb
Ioanna Sitaridou
exaly   +3 more sources

Old Italo-Romance

Verb Second in Medieval Romance, 2018
This chapter provides a detailed account of the word order properties of Old Sicilian and Old Venetian. It shows that the two Old Italo-Romance varieties have much in common, namely a preverbal field not specialized for subjects, a dominant V2 order, two types of V2-related inversion, and matrix/embedded asymmetries.
S. Wolfe
exaly   +3 more sources

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