Postverbal subjects in Old English and Old French

Postverbal subjects in Old English and Old French

Both Old English and Old French are commonly described as V2 languages. We investigate the position of the postverbal subject based on a corpus of medieval texts with respect to syntax and information structure. Our main findings are that information structure plays a more important role in Old Engl...

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Main Authors: Christine Salvesen, Kristin Bech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2014-07-01
Series:Oslo Studies in Language
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/725
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spelling doaj-263cd44b0e8f4f65a98c9214bdb2fbbb2020-11-25T03:35:48ZengUniversity of OsloOslo Studies in Language1890-96392014-07-016110.5617/osla.725Postverbal subjects in Old English and Old FrenchChristine Salvesen0Kristin Bech1University of OsloUniversity of OsloBoth Old English and Old French are commonly described as V2 languages. We investigate the position of the postverbal subject based on a corpus of medieval texts with respect to syntax and information structure. Our main findings are that information structure plays a more important role in Old English than in Old French.https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/725
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