The placement of finite verbs

TY - CHAP

T1 - The placement of finite verbs

AU - Vikner, Sten

PY - 2020/4/16

Y1 - 2020/4/16

N2 - The chapter gives an overview of the possible positions of finite verbs across the Germanic languages. These possibilities are shown to depend on three independent choices related to three different parts of the clause, CP, TP, and VP: (1) If the language is a verb second (V2) language, the finite verb in every main clause moves to C°. (2) If the language has V°-to-T° movement, the finite verb in every clause moves to T° (but if the clause is a V2 clause, then the finite verb will move on from T° to C°). (3) Finally, depending on whether a language is verb-object (VO) or object-verb (OV), the finite verb in every clause will occur either preceding or following all other elements inside VP, e.g., objects, other complements, adverbials (provided the verb has not undergone movement to T° or to C°).

AB - The chapter gives an overview of the possible positions of finite verbs across the Germanic languages. These possibilities are shown to depend on three independent choices related to three different parts of the clause, CP, TP, and VP: (1) If the language is a verb second (V2) language, the finite verb in every main clause moves to C°. (2) If the language has V°-to-T° movement, the finite verb in every clause moves to T° (but if the clause is a V2 clause, then the finite verb will move on from T° to C°). (3) Finally, depending on whether a language is verb-object (VO) or object-verb (OV), the finite verb in every clause will occur either preceding or following all other elements inside VP, e.g., objects, other complements, adverbials (provided the verb has not undergone movement to T° or to C°).

KW - CP

KW - Embedded V2

KW - Finite verb

KW - Object-verb 'OV'

KW - Rich agreement hypothesis 'RAH'

KW - TP

KW - VP

KW - Verb second 'V2'

KW - Verb-object 'VO'

KW - V°-to-T° movement

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85119312590

U2 - 10.1017/9781108378291.017

DO - 10.1017/9781108378291.017

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781108421867

T3 - Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics

SP - 365

EP - 388

BT - The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics

A2 - Putnam, Michael T.

A2 - Page, B. Richard

PB - Cambridge University Press

CY - Cambridge

ER -