Verb Second, Pro-drop, Functional Projections and Language Change1

Aafke Hulk

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Abstract In this article we present an account of the history of verb second and pro drop in French and English. We shall identify two types of verb second languages, which we call C-oriented or CV2 languages, and I-oriented or IV2 languages, and the specific properties correlating with this distinction. Next, we shall see how the distinction as drawn, in conjunction with certain assumptions concerning the licensing of functional properties, allows a very articulate account of the history of French, in terms of a development from CV2 to IV2 to non-V2, and sound theoretical motivation why English developed from CV2 to I-non-V2 and did not move through the IV2 stage.

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