Word Order in Old and Middle English The role of information structure and first language acquisition

Diachronica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-102

  Westergaard, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Change; Information structure; Micro cues; Verb second; Word order

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949186627     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.26.1.03wes     Document Type: Article

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