Re: V2 languages
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 29, 1999, 16:28 |
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On Sat, 29 May 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> You mean VSO, Irina.
Of course I do. It's been about 30 degrees Celsius here today and I'm
trying to fight hay fever (I seem to be winning, though). Should have
done interlinear glosses or something.
> The verb is initial in Welsh. [...]
> Notice that it still precedes the subject.
Is Breton OSV, then? I think I read about a Celtic language that was,
but I can't even remember where.
Most of my recent (well, less than 15 years old) Welsh is from
newspapers, and I think Welsh newspaperese may use more finite verbs
because they're shorter.
Irina
Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastinay.
irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/index.html (English)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)