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==Definition== | |||
'''Verb second''' is name for the phenomenon that, or the process by which, the [[verb]] in [[declarative]] [[root clause]]s ends up in second position. If a language has verb second as a characteristic property it is called a verb second language. | '''Verb second''' is name for the phenomenon that, or the process by which, the [[verb]] in [[declarative]] [[root clause]]s ends up in second position. If a language has verb second as a characteristic property it is called a verb second language. | ||
== Example == | |||
The contrast between the [[Dutch]] (i)a and the [[English]] (i)b shows that Dutch, but not English, is a verb second language. | |||
(i) a Jan sla ik | (i) a Jan sla ik | ||
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Verb second is no longer considered a process, but is rather taken to be an epiphenomenon, the effect of the interaction of as yet ill-understood parameter-settings and principles. | Verb second is no longer considered a process, but is rather taken to be an epiphenomenon, the effect of the interaction of as yet ill-understood parameter-settings and principles. | ||
== Links == | |||
*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Verb+second&lemmacode=115 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Verb+second&lemmacode=115 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |||
== References == | |||
* Weerman, F. 1989. ''The V2 Conspiracy,'' Diss Utrecht University, | * Weerman, F. 1989. ''The V2 Conspiracy,'' Diss Utrecht University, | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:38, 31 August 2014
Definition
Verb second is name for the phenomenon that, or the process by which, the verb in declarative root clauses ends up in second position. If a language has verb second as a characteristic property it is called a verb second language.
Example
The contrast between the Dutch (i)a and the English (i)b shows that Dutch, but not English, is a verb second language.
(i) a Jan sla ik
J hit I
b John I hit
Verb second is no longer considered a process, but is rather taken to be an epiphenomenon, the effect of the interaction of as yet ill-understood parameter-settings and principles.
Links
References
- Weerman, F. 1989. The V2 Conspiracy, Diss Utrecht University,
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