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. 121–151

Chapter 4
Verb-initial main declarative clauses

Article outline
  • 4.1V-1 declarative clauses: overview
    • 4.1.1The origin of the V-1 order
    • 4.1.2V-1 declaratives in OE
    • 4.1.3V-1 declaratives in OHG
  • 4.2Research questions
  • 4.3Overall results
  • 4.4The influence of verb type and negation
  • 4.5The narrative function of V-1 declaratives
  • 4.6Relation to Latin
  • 4.7Summary and conclusions