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Peer reviewedGuillory, Helen Gant – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1994
Examines word order in French relative clauses, the last clauses to undergo reanalysis to [SVO] word order through Old and Middle French. Analysis shows that although main clauses change from [SVO] to [TVX] to [SVO] in a progressive manner, clauses in "que" show a preference for [TVX] order until the 13th century, with a resurgence in…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, French, Grammar, Language Patterns
