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Re: V2

From:Daniel Calegari <dclang@...>
Date:Saturday, November 13, 1999, 22:05
> > [ John ] GAVE [ the book ] [ to Daniel ] [ yesterday ] > > [ the book ] GAVE [ John ] [ to Daniel ] [ yesterday ] > > [ to Daniel ] GAVE [ John ] [ the book ] [ yesterday ] > > [ yesterday ] GAVE [ John ] [ the book ] [ to Daniel ] > >
Sorry. Are English a V2 language? I thing it is, of course the normal order is SVO, is it? I read the Greensberg's Universals of Language and also German language has some V2 constructions. Or are you are talking about strict V2 order? Are there some language too strict ? thanks, yours, DanielC.