Verb movement in contemporary Faroese: A case study of syntactic variation and change

该项目是对斯堪的纳维亚语法罗语句法最近变化的调查，使用最近的实验方法来测量母语者（儿童和成人）的语言知识。这种变化影响了动词在句子中的位置，类似于中世纪英语中Quene Ester从未见过的变化。(verb现代英语Queen Ester never looked. (verb后副词）。因此，更好地了解当代法罗群岛的情况有助于阐明英语历史的一个方面，以及我们对语言变化的理解。

This project is an investigation of a recent change in the syntax of the Scandinavian language Faroese, using recent experimental methods for measuring the linguistic knowledge of native speakers, both children and adults. The change, affecting the position of verbs in sentences, is akin to the one distinguishing Middle English Quene Ester looked never ... (verb before adverb) from Modern English Queen Ester never looked ... (verb after adverb). A better understanding of the contemporary Faroese situation can thus help to illumine an aspect of the history of English, as well as our understanding of language change more generally.