LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.25 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 25 May 2006 * Volume 05
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From: "Ingmar Roerdinkholder" <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.25 (01) [E]

This is the same as ME "stand still, you!", Dutch "blijf staan, jij!" or
German "bleib stehen, Du!", only in the Middle Ages interpunction was
often not used.
Groetz
Ingmar

Reinhard wrote:
>If so, this would represent a change, for in Middle English we still have
>proof of VSO; e.g., ...
>
>Astontow, rough felawe!
>("Stand-thou, rough fellow")
>Stop (right (t)here), low-life!
>
>(_astontow_ < _a-stond thow, literally "a-stand thou")

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From: "Heather Rendall" <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.25 (01) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>Are VOC constructions not typical when giving instructions? (and in this
sentence!)<

Taken for granted in inversion questions and commands: what I was asking
about was the normal word order for statements

I am writing a letter

Am I writing a letter    ( and this is statement not question)

Heather

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From: "Heather Rendall" <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.25 (01) [E]

Theo Homan< writes:> And (common and normal) in (modern) Icelandic.

Theo
Can you send some examples?
And a brief description/history of Icelandic ????

Is it a Danish base?  Old Scandanavian? Do any of these also use VSO?

Heather

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