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Verb Second Order

Verb Second Order is a syntactic constraint in Old Norse that mandates the finite verb to occupy the second position in a main clause, regardless of the syntactic category of the first constituent, thereby distinguishing it from other word order patterns in Germanic languages.

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2017–2026

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Variants

V2V2 OrderVerb-second

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Publications

42

The consequences of the loss of verb-second in English: information structure and syntax in interaction

Bettelou Los · English Language and Linguistics · 2009 · 185 citations · Full text

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Old French, null subjects, and verb second phenomena

Marianne Adams · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1987 · 172 citations

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From subordination to coordination? verb-second position in German causal and concessive constructions

Susanne Günthner · Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) · 2015 · 171 citations · Full text

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Studies on Old High German Syntax: Left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second

Wayne Harbert · Diachronica · 2008 · 130 citations

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Late Latin Verb Second: The Sentential Word Order of the “Itinerarium Egeriae”

Adam Ledgeway · Catalan Journal of Linguistics · 2017 · 122 citations · Full text

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Authors

57

  1. MW
    Marit Westergaard

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    4 publications · 154 citations

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  2. AW
    Anna-Lena Wiklund

    Japan External Trade Organization, Japan

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. SW
    Sam Wolfe

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 129 citations

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  4. LM
    Line Mikkelsen

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 81 citations

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  5. TL
    Terje Lohndal

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    2 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    321 citations

  2. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    230 citations

  3. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    311 citations

  4. Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate

    Tromsø, Norway

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    114 citations

  5. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  6. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. University of Tartu

    Tartu, Estonia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. University of Łódź

    Lodz, Poland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Lingua

    3 publications · 122 citations

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  3. Brain and Language

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  4. Diachronica

    2 publications · 187 citations

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  5. Catalan Journal of Linguistics

    CJL · 2 publications · 207 citations

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