V-to-I and V2 in subordinate clauses: An investigation of faroese in relation to Icelandic and Danish

Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-97

  Heycock, Caroline ^a   Sorace, Antonella ^a,b   Hansen, Zakaris Svabo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Fróðskaparsetur Føroya   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Danish; Faroese; Icelandic; Verb movement; Verb second

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950668037     PISSN: 13834924     EISSN: 15728552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10828-010-9035-7     Document Type: Article

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