Статья: The Comparative Method in Synchronic Linguistics: The Case of Word Order

In this article I discuss the comparative method in formal linguistics when applied to word order phenomena in Italian, English and German. I argue that the comparison has to rest on sound theoretical basis in order to reach interesting conclusions. These languages might prima facie all look Subject-Verb-Object – SVO – languages, with some puzzling issues arising in German. At a closer look however, I will show that English and Italian pattern together as their basic word order – i. e., SVO – goes, as opposed to German, an SOV language. Conversely, English and German pattern together with respect to a property typical, even if not exclusively so, of Germanic languages, i. e. Verb Second.

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1829-2429
EISSN
2579-3039
Журнал
ARMENIAN FOLIA ANGLISTIKA
Год публикации
2020
Автор(ы)
Giorgi A.
Ключевые фразы
word order, syntax, verb second, romance, germanic

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