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Index 341‘tough’ movement see ‘easy-to-please’constructionTransparency Principle 5, 7, 10Traugott, Elizabeth C. 287, 297Universal Grammar (UG) 3, 8, 13, 15Venezky, Richard 261verbal clusters 28verb-particles see particlesverbsfronting strategies 39–40, 50–1, 121impersonal 23–4, 44–6, 74–7inflections 38–41, 42–3, 69–71, 176Old English 22passives 29, 41–2, 77–9, 273–4, 276–83phrasal 180, 180 n1 (see also particles)prepositional 180 n1preterite-present 7separable (Dutch) 184–5, 190, 192surface similarities 22–5see also modalsVerb-Second constraintnon-root clauses 112, 122–3root clauses 112, 118–19, 122Danish 111–12Dutch 11–12German 12, 110–11, 112Icelandic 112–13Middle English 82–3, 129–34Modern English 113, 133–6Old English 104–10, 113–18coordinate clauses 53embedded clauses 108–10, 115, 121main clauses 105–8quantitative evidence 128–9role of personal pronouns 118–23, 125,126, 127–8, 135sentential negation 123–8Yiddish 112–13Vikner, Sten 113Vincent, Nigel 291Visser, F. Th. 220 n3, 222, 231, 267, 293–4,299V-movement 312–13particle evidence for 194–7, 201see also Verb-Second constraint; wordorderWarner, Anthonyon ‘easy-to-please’ construction 282 n9on grammaticalization 288 n1on infinitival constructions 225, 237–8,243, 244–5on modals 6, 20–1, 22on V-movement 177wh-movement 65–6, 257–61, 271, 274, 275–6,277–80, 282–3Woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal 245, 246word orderDutch 215, 219–20, 225German 215, 219–20, 225Icelandic 157, 165–6Middle English 160–4, 174–9clause level 81–3NP level 79–81VO analysis 165–72movement 136, 151–4, 157OV/VO order 138–9, 145–6, 206diachrony 172–9Old English 46–53, 139–60, 172–4coordinate clauses 52–3main clauses 49–50NP level 46–8subordinate clauses 50–2uniform clause structure: OV approach147–9; variation between OV and VO150–1; VO approach 149–50VO analysis 154–60Scandinavian 235see also Verb-Second constraintWurff, Wim van der 162, 163, 165, 210, 261,267, 279Yiddish 112–13Zeitlin, J. 222, 224Zwart, Jan-Wouter 159, 198