Remarks on the old English C-system and the diachrony of V2

Remarks on the old English C-system and the diachrony of V2
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关于旧英语 C 系统和 V2 历时性的评论

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10.1007/978-3-322-90776-9_6
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1996
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I. Roberts
I. Roberts
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本文的主要目标是展示古英语 (OE) 的动词第二 (V2) 模式,尽管与通常的西日耳曼语模式存在某些显着差异,但如何符合主要为分析德语而开发的 V2 现象的一般特征。第二个目标是根据 Ferraresi (1991)、Longobardi (1994) 和 Kiparsky (1994) 对哥特语的研究进行推断,反思 V2 在英语(和其他日耳曼语言)的史前时期是如何出现的。 OE 数据支持 Roberts & Roussou (1996) 中概述的 V2 通用方法,以及 Rizzi (1995) 提出的“split-Comp”假设的一个版本。历时讨论扩展了 Longobardi (1994) 中提出的想法。论文的一个总体结论是,“剩余V2”和“全V2”之间的区别是一种结构性的区别,而且是一种古老的区别;正如 Kiparsky (1994: 162) 所说,“至少在这方面,英语在语法上是所有现代日耳曼语言中最保守的”。
The main goal of this paper is to show how the verb-second (V2) pattern of Old English (OE), despite certain striking differences from the usual West Germanic pattern, fits with a general characterisation of the V2 phenomenon developed primarily for the analysis of German. A second goal is to reflect on how V2 may have arisen in the prehistory of English (and other Germanic languages), making inferences on the basis of work on Gothic by Ferraresi (1991), Longobardi (1994) and Kiparsky (1994). The OE data support the general approach to V2 outlined in Roberts & Roussou (1996), as well as a version of the “split-Comp” hypothesis developed by Rizzi (1995). The diachronic discussion extends ideas put forward in Longobardi (1994). A general conclusion of the paper is that the distinction between “residual V2” and “full V2” is a structural one, and an ancient one; as Kiparsky (1994: 162) says “In this respect at least, English is syntactically the most conservative of all the modern Germanic languages”.