Chapter published in:
Element Order in Old English and Old High German Translations
Anna Cichosz, Jerzy Gaszewski and Piotr Pęzik
[NOWELE Supplement Series 28] 2016
► pp. 51–120

Chapter 3
The V-second phenomenon

Article outline
  • 3.1The V-2 phenomenon: overview
    • 3.1.1Introduction
    • 3.1.2The V-2 phenomenon in OE
    • 3.1.3The V-2 phenomenon in OHG
    • 3.1.4Summary: factors influencing the V-2 phenomenon in OE and OHG
  • 3.2Research questions and the structure of the study
  • 3.3Overall results
  • 3.4V-2 phenomenon according to subject type
    • 3.4.1Pronominal subjects
    • 3.4.2Nominal subjects
  • 3.5Clause-initial elements causing S-V inversion
  • 3.6Clause-initial elements not causing S-V inversion
  • 3.7Intervening phrases
  • 3.8Relation to Latin
  • 3.9Summary and conclusions