Re: Sketch of Germanech 4/4: Syntax

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> The V2 requirement is IMHO one of the neatest feature of Germanic languages
> (too bad English lost it :)) ), and I don't think it would be unnatural to
> implement it in Germanesh. It would certainly give it a very special feel.
I'm planning on implementing it in a descendant of Uatakassi.  U is
verb-initial, but there is a focus particle used to front constituents.
My idea is that the fronting occurred more often in that lang,
eventually becoming obligatory (perhaps because of substrate influence),
eventually to the point of either dropping the particle completely or
using it less often and solely for emphasis.

BTW, didn't French go thru a V2 stage at one point?

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