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Peer reviewedBennett, David C. – Journal of Linguistics, 1987
Suggests that Slovene is acquiring a verb-second (V2) word order. Slovene is compared with Serbo-Croat to reveal diverged word order of these languages. Aspects of the history of the Germanic languages are examined for clues on current and possible future changes in Slovene. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Function Words, Language Styles
