Abstract
This paper deals with a phenomenon in Old English syntax labelled ‘verb attraction’. In an Old English clause with two verbs, such as an auxiliary verb and the following non-finite verb, or an obje ...
Highlights
The presentation of a feature of Old English word order in the current article will be couched in the general framework of Government and Binding Theory
As described within the chosen framework, Old English had three standard positions for the verb in the clause: the verb stem was base generated under V in the verb phrase (VP), it could be moved to the I node in the inflection phrase (IP) to merge with its inflection features, and it could be further moved to the C node in the complementizer phrase (CP) as part of a topicalization process
It should be pointed out here that Old English could have verbs in clause final position; in order to capture this feature, the I node will have to be placed to the right of the VP it takes as its complement
Summary
The presentation of a feature of Old English word order in the current article will be couched in the general framework of Government and Binding Theory (for which see Haegeman 1994). It should be pointed out here that Old English could have verbs in clause final position; in order to capture this feature, the I node will have to be placed to the right of the VP it takes as its complement.
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