TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Fuß, Eric
T1  - On the historical core of V2 in Germanic
JF  - Nordic journal of linguistics : journal of the Nordic Association of Linguistics
N2  - This paper focuses on the origin of the V2 property in the history of Germanic. Considering data from Gothic and Old English (OE), it is suggested that the historical core of the V2 phenomenon reduces to V-to-C movement that is triggered in operator contexts. Therefore, the historical system shares basic propertieswith limited V2 in Modern English. It is shown that apparent deviations from this pattern that can be observed in Gothic can be attributed to the influence of Greek word order. Concerning the apparently more elaborate V2 properties of OE, it is claimed that a large part of them in fact do not involve a Spec-head relation, but rather result from linear adjacency between the clause-initial element and a finite verb located in T0. Special attention is paid to the placement of pronominal subjects in OE, which are claimed to occupy SpecTP. This contrasts with a lower position of full subjects due to the absence of an EPP in OE. Finally, the loss of superficial V2 orders in the Middle English period is attributed to the development of an EPP feature in T.
KW  - diachronic syntax
KW  - Gothic, EPP
KW  - Old English
KW  - pronoun placement
KW  - Deutsch
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Diachronie
Y1  - 2003
U6  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-8441
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-8441
UR  - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=190186&jid=NJL&volumeId=26&issueId=02&aid=190185&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession
SN  - 0332-5865
SS  - 0332-5865
N1  - Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SP  - 195
EP  - 231
S1  - 37
PB  - Univ. Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -