Pragmatic aspects of scrambling and topicalization in German
| Author(s) : | Owen Rambow, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 1993 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | German is a verb-final language, but in addition it is verb-second (V2), which means that in a root clause, the finite verb (main verb or auxiliary) moves into the second position in the clause (presumably the COMP position). This divides the clause into two parts: the position in front of the finite verb, the Vorfeld (VF),, |