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This paper examines Old English word order from the perspective of the Minimalist Program. It is found that there exist certain similarities between OE and other Indo-European languages based on a cross-linguistic analysis. It then discusses two important problems with respect to OE word order according to Minimalism. The first is the variation of the order between the verb and object, and a uniform underlying unmarked VO order is proposed. As the features of the nominal inflections are strong in OE, they must be checked before the Spell-Out, which forms OV order in phonological derivation after the Spell-Out. The second one is the word order of the subject and verb. The subject of different types occurs in different positions and the position of the verb is the key to explaining OE word order. When the adjuncts are placed in the structure of a fronted verb, there will be non-adjacency of the subject and verb. The analysis demonstrates that when the verb in OE moves into C or lower head X below C, “XP-subject” structure is caused. Finally, the paper briefly investigates three fundamental mechanisms which constrain the change from OV in OE to VO in early modern English.

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I. Introduction
 II. Inflections in Old English
  1. Inflections of Persons, Numbers, Tenses and Modes in OE
  2. Morphological Influences on Syntax
 III. Word Order in Old English
  1. Word Order Variations of Verb-Object
  2. Towards an Unmarked VO Word Order
 IV. Verb-second and the Syntax of Subjects in OE
  1. Verb-second and Syntax of Subjects
  2. Cross-linguistic Adjacency in OE
  3. Verb-subject Non-adjacency
 V. Mechanism of Word Order Changes and Variations
 VI. Conclusion
 Works Cited
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• Hua, Zhang [ 장화 | Kangwon National University ]
• Lundahl, Jeffery David [ Kangwon National University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

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  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810