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Element Order in Old English and Old High German TranslationsAnna Cichosz, Jerzy Gaszewski and Piotr Pęzik
[NOWELE Supplement Series 28] 2016
► pp. 121–151
Chapter 4Verb-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