The Brythonic Reconciliation, from V1 to Generalized V2

Mélanie Jouitteau (1)

1 LLING - Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes

The aim of this article is threefold: I wish to (i) propose the new generalization that Brythonic word orders obey a ban on verb-first, (ii) properly define the parameters responsible for intra-Brythonic variation and (iii), show how the Breton data can be exploited for the inquiry about the EPP Principle and its technical implementations.

Mots clés: Extended Projection Principle; Celtic languages; Breton Language; Welsh Language; Verb Second; V2; expletives; stylistic fronting

Mots clés: Langues à verbe second; Langue bretonne; breton; langues celtiques; langues brittoniques; Syntaxe; explétifs; antéposition stylistique

Domaines: Linguistique

Mélanie Jouitteau. The Brythonic Reconciliation, from V1 to Generalized V2. The Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 2007, 1, pp.163-200. ⟨10.1075/livy.7.06jou⟩. ⟨hal-00605657⟩