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Verb-second Word Order

Verb-Second Word Order is a syntactic word order constraint in which the finite verb occupies the second structural position in a clause, regardless of the identity of the first constituent, thereby distinguishing it from other configurational patterns in canonical sentence structure.

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49

Authors

36

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Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

V2V2 Word Order

Parents

Publications

33

Internal and external forces in language change

Charles Yang · Language Variation and Change · 2000 · 215 citations

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Transfer and typological proximity in the context of second language processing

Gisela Håkansson, Manfred Pienemann, Susan Sayehli · Second language Research · 2002 · 178 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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Finiteness and verb-second in German agrammatism

Michaela Wenzlaff, Harald Clahsen · Brain and Language · 2004 · 83 citations

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Authors

49

  1. MW
    Marit Westergaard

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    3 publications · 77 citations

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  2. AW
    Anna-Lena Wiklund

    Japan External Trade Organization, Japan

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. SG
    Susanne Günthner

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    1 publications · 171 citations

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  4. HC
    Harald Clahsen

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 83 citations

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  5. SU
    Susanne

    1 publications · 58 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    212 citations

  2. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  3. Japan External Trade Organization

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. Center for Applied Linguistics

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    178 citations

  5. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    215 citations

  8. Family Health International 360

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Nordic Journal of Linguistics

    NJL · 3 publications · 91 citations

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  2. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

    2 publications · 89 citations

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  3. Language

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. Glossa a journal of general linguistics

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  5. Brain and Language

    2 publications · 102 citations

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