Timeline for Origin of current order pattern in English/German
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| Jan 21, 2020 at 4:01 | comment | added | vectory | You have absolutely no idea where German languages originated, don't be ridiculous. | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 3:57 | comment | added | vectory | The example of formulaic jokes leading with the verb is a) most often anaphoric, b) also frequent in legal scripture in a premisses-consequence opposition. Both legal and comedy rely on oral tradition so it's likely archaic, and thus a good example. Sadly its significance is not made clear. c) The verb does not necessarily lead but can follow a conjunction, or an adverb; cp ubiquitious use of and, and so in bible translation, which follows Hebrew, w- attached but to nouns; cp and then, and then, and then ... which comes natural to children but is proscribed as subpar style. | |
| Jan 21, 2020 at 3:45 | comment | added | vectory | I remember reading on German.SE--I don't remember which thread--that weil had SVO order in some pockets of regional German for a long while that's easy to believe in face of the equivalent word order in English. Possibly ambiguous phrases in nominal style using gerunds and participles are imaginable | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 9:17 | comment | added | dainichi | I'm curious about the "weil" with V2. I think something similar is happening for "fordi" in Danish, although I'm not sure about the extent. I'm wondering if, rather than word order in motion, this is a symptom of "weil" taking over the function of "denn", including it's role as a coordinating conjunction. Or is there reason to argue that what comes after "weil" is still a subordinate clause in spite of the V2? | |
| Jul 29, 2014 at 18:50 | vote | accept | ABu | ||
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 15:18 | history | answered | user4938 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |