On the Germanic properties of Old French

Éric Mathieu

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Linguistics and language evolution Historical Linguistics and Language Studies

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This chapter shows that, in addition to V2, Stylistic Fronting and Quirky subjects, Old French had the following Germanic properties: Object Shift and Transitive Expletive Constructions. All these constructions were available because: (i) the Old French EPP was split; (ii) a special Topic position appeared above TP.

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