rarissimum 80: (finite) verb-second word order in main declarative clauses generally optional, but obligatory if the first constituent is the unmarked narrative consecutive adverb ‘then’ (∂a, homonymous with the temporal conjunction ‘when’ introducing subordinate clauses, whose finite verb generally is final and never second)
- Where found
- Old English (Germanic, IE)
- Domain
- syntax
- Subdomain
- word order
- Keywords
- V2
- Type
- rarissimum
- Universals violated
- none
- Source
- OE syntax
