Re: German word order (was Re: ? how would you classify this language ?)

Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:

>Hallo!
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>On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:38:37 +0100,
>Joe <joe@...> wrote:
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>>>'vary between'?  what's between them?
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>>German, I suppose.  SOV, SVO, and VSO are all possible, in various
>>clauses (Always SVO or VSO in main clauses, though, I think).  That's
>>called a V2 language, because, as I learnt it, the verb is always the
>>second concept(except after certain conjunctions, in which case it goes
>>to the end of the clause).
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>German is SVO in declarative main clauses (but if there is an auxiliary
>and an infinite form, the auxiliary is in second position and the
>infinite form at the end of the clause), SOV in subordinate clauses,
>and VSO in yes-no questions (in wh-questions, the interrogative
>pronoun is in first position, followed by the verb).
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Ye forget that adverbial phrases modify the word order too.