Verb seconding in Old English: verb movement to Infl
Susan Pintzuk
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Susan Pintzuk
Abstract
In this article, evidence is presented to contradict some hypotheses of verb seconding as verb movement to Comp analysis for Old English : it is demonstrated that in general case, verb seconding in Old English main clauses involves verb mouvement to clause-medial Infl rather than to Comp, and that verb seconding to Infl applies not only in main clauses burt also in subordinate clauses
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In this article, evidence is presented to contradict some hypotheses of verb seconding as verb movement to Comp analysis for Old English : it is demonstrated that in general case, verb seconding in Old English main clauses involves verb mouvement to clause-medial Infl rather than to Comp, and that verb seconding to Infl applies not only in main clauses burt also in subordinate clauses
Key concepts: Verb, Linguistics, Modal verb, Reflexive verb, Verb phrase ellipsis, Non-finite clause, Dependent clause, Psychology