The V2 myth: Evidence for a functional motivation of V3 in L2 German from a self-paced reading study
Published online on December 30, 2025
Abstract
Second Language Research, Ahead of Print.
Although German is described as adhering to a V2 constraint, restricting preverbal elements to one, corpus data reveal that V3 constructions systematically occur in everyday German, challenging the rigidity of the V2 rule. This discrepancy raises ...
Although German is described as adhering to a V2 constraint, restricting preverbal elements to one, corpus data reveal that V3 constructions systematically occur in everyday German, challenging the rigidity of the V2 rule. This discrepancy raises ...