The interaction of syntactic change and information status effects in the change from OV to VO in English

It is well known that the position of constituents in a clause is influenced by information structure: the cross-linguistic generalization is that given information frequently comes early in the clause and new information is placed towards the end. In this article we investigate the relation between...

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Main Authors: Ann Taylor, Susan Pintzuk
Format: article
Language:CA
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Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/698f788a661a4d0aba698c684a204e78
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