Index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Grammar change and information structure
6. Chapter 2. From OV to VO in English 9
7. Chapter 3. Word order and verb movement in Norwegian wh-questions 35
8. Chapter 4. Conditional inversion and types of parametric change 57
9. Chapter 5. Optional V2 in modern Afrikaans 79
10. Part II. The first position in a Verb-Second language
11. Chapter 6. The information status of late subjects in passive main clauses in Old English 103
12. Chapter 7. Position-related subject properties change in English 127
13. Chapter 8. Split coordination in Early English 155
14. Part III. Verb-Second effects
15. Chapter 9. Beowulf and Old English metre 187
16. Chapter 10. The rise and fall of the passive auxiliary weorðan in the history of English 213
17. Chapter 11. What comes second 241
18. Part IV. Particles in diachrony
19. Chapter 12. Verb particle combinations and word order change in Dutch-lexifier creole languages 265
20. Chapter 13. Parts and particles 291
21. Chapter 14. Exploring the role of information structure in the word order variation of Old English verb-particle combinations 311
22. Part V. Contrasting V2 and Non-V2 information structure
23. Chapter 15. The EFL teacher's nightmare 337
24. Chapter 16. Common framework, local context, local anchors 353
25. Index 371