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Verb Second in Norwegian: Variation and acquisition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This chapter provides an overview of the micro-variation in Norwegian when it comes to Verb Second (V2) word order, both in the various dialects and in the two standard written varieties of Norwegian. The variation is dependent on a number of factors, including clause type, type of initial element, and information structure.
Lohndal, Terje   +2 more
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The rise of verb-second [PDF]

open access: yesNederlandse Taalkunde, 2016
Abstract This paper provides some historical background of the rise of verb-second in Germanic by data from the earliest Germanic language of which we have authentic texts (rather than slavish translations from Latin): Old English (ca. 700-1100). The rise of verb-second can be seen as activating the C-head (i) by movement of another head V, in order to
Los, Betty
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The Electrophysiological Manifestation of Dutch Verb Second Violations [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2009
We investigated the processing of violations of the verb position in Dutch, in a group of healthy subjects, by measuring event-related potentials (ERPs) through electroencephalography (EEG). In Dutch, the base position of the verb is clause final, but in matrix clauses, the finite verb is in second position, a construction known as Verb Second.
den Ouden, Dirk B., Bastiaanse, Roelien
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EINE SEMANTISCHE KLASSIFIZIERUNG VON "WEIL"-SÄTZEN

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2021
A Semantic Classification of Weil-clauses. In the present study, we will elaborate a classification of clauses introduced by weil ‘because’; this classification combines different views on the concepts of cause and motive and their respective linguistic
Sibilla CANTARINI, Chiara De BASTIANI
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Verb Second and Verb Third in Modern Eastern Armenian

open access: yes, 2020
Modern Eastern Armenian is a SOV language. In some sentences, the inflected verb can also occupy the second position, according to the well-known V2 typology.
Sona Haroutyunian, Alessandra Giorgi
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Different Outcomes in the Acquisition of Residual V2 and Do-Support in Three Norwegian-English Bilinguals: Cross-Linguistic Influence, Dominance and Structural Ambiguity

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
This paper investigates the acquisition of residual verb second (V2) in three corpora consisting of data from Norwegian-English bilinguals (Emma, Emily and Sunniva) in order to determine to what extent these structures are affected by cross-linguistic ...
Merete Anderssen, Kristine Bentzen
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Processing of verb tense [PDF]

open access: yesPsihologija, 2002
Processing of Serbian inflected verbs was investigated in two lexical decision experiments. In the first experiment subjects were presented with five forms of future tense, while in the second experiment the same verbs were presented in three forms of ...
Kostić Aleksandar Đ., Havelka Jelena
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Full V2, no V2, residual V2

open access: yesIsogloss, 2022
This paper presents a new phase-based theory of verb-second and indeed a new model of the left periphery. I argue that V-to-C movement of the verb to the phase head Fin0 has profound repercussions on clausal syntax which explains well-known differences ...
Espen Klaevik-Pettersen
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Medieval English root clauses

open access: yesLiterator, 1993
The movement operation Verb Second moves the finite verb from its base-generated position in VP to C via the I node within the Chomsky (1986) framework. As the finite verb and the complementiser are in complementary distribution, the above predicts that,
H. W. Broekman
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Second person agreement allomorphy in Masarak

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 2013
Masarak (also known as Masalit, sometimes spelled Massaleit), an endangered Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Darfur, is characterized by complex agreement patterns, particularly in the second person. This article outlines Masarak agreement patterns in the
Ruth Brillman
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