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A Survey of Generative Analyses of the Verb Second Phenomenon in Germanic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2008
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This paper reviews various approaches to describe the verb second phenomenon of Germanic languages within generative transformational grammar. The solution to the descriptive problem seems to be to assume that the finite verb in main clauses has the same position as the complementizer in subordinate clauses. Various ways to explain the presence of this word order in Germanic languages are presented in the final part of the paper.
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