The Morphological Trigger of V-to-T: The Case of Old English
This paper deals with the phenomenon of V-to-T movement, which is one of the major parameters differentiating Romance from the majority of modern Germanic languages, and it defends the idea that rich morphology is the cause or trigger of V-to-T: in Romance, in a modern Germanic language like Iceland...
Main Author: | Castillo Concha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2016-03-01
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Series: | Studia Anglica Posnaniensia |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/stap-2016-0001 |
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