Re: V2 (plus Géarthnuns serendipity)

From: "Matt Pearson"

> >> Other languages with short, clitic-like, V2 auxiliaries include some of
> >> the South Slavic languages of the Balkans, among them Serbo-Croatian.
> >Perhaps that could be something the speakers picked up during their
eastward
> >schlep across Europe and Asia before they settled.
> You mean the Géarthnuns picking this up from the Slavs, I take it?  If so,
> this would have to depend on when the Géarthnuns came through.  AFAIK,
> second-position clitic auxiliaries are a relatively recent innovation in
> South Slavic--say, within the last few centuries.
Well, they certainly didn't make it too Australia. If it's too far of a
reach, they can always have come up with it on their own. Again, I'm not
really focussing on background history or culture just now, but this is an
interesting little tidbit to keep in mind if and when the time comes.

Kou