Discourse and Form Constraints on Licensing Object-First Sentences in German
In German, the subject usually precedes the object (SO order), but, under certain discourse conditions, the object is allowed to precede the subject (OS order). This paper focuses on main clauses in which either the subject or a discourse-given object occurs in clause-initial position. Two acceptabi...
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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/2/82 |