| ROA: | 495 |
| Title: | Optimality Theory and Word Order Change in English |
| Authors: | Nobuyo Fukaya |
| Comment: | Presented to the 19th annual conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan |
| Length: | 13 |
| Abstract: | This paper attempts to analyze English word order change within OT, focusing mainly on the change from SOV to SVO, Verb-Second phenomenon (V2), and the loss of V2. I will illustrate that the above word order changes can be accounted for by reranking of a set of constraints. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Syntax,Historical Linguistics |
| Article: | Version 1
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