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SUMMARY:V2\, V3\, and the left periphery of Finnish and Estonian - Anders 
 Holmberg (Newcastle University)\, Heete Sahkai (Institute of the Estonian 
 Language)\, and Anne Tamm (Károli Gáspár University)
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CONTACT:Onkar Singh
DESCRIPTION:Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages in the Finn
 ic subgroup of the Uralic family. Syntactically they are similar in many r
 espects. Both are SVO languages with verb movement\, but SOV occurs as wel
 l\, and sentential word order is in general quite free. One striking diffe
 rence\, though\, as regards sentential word order is that Estonian is\, or
  appears to be\, a Germanic-style V2 language\, while Finnish is not. This
  suggests that the left periphery in Estonian is different from that in Fi
 nnish\, and more like that in the Germanic V2 languages. A close examinati
 on of the left periphery in Finnish and Estonian reveals that they are\, i
 n fact\, very similar\, but the derivation of V2 order is different in Est
 onian from the derivation of Germanic V2.\nTwo exceptions to V2 order turn
  out to reveal how V2 is derived in Estonian\, in a left periphery which i
 s almost the same as in Finnish. One is that V3 is acceptable\, and common
 \, if the subject is a weak pronoun. The other is that V2 is dispreferred 
 if the verb has nuclear accent. This can be understood if V2 in Estonian i
 s due to a prosodic condition affecting the spell-out of copies in movemen
 t chains.\nHistorically\, the V2 order in Estonian is almost certainly tak
 en over from German. However\, the German syntactic V2 condition has been 
 integrated in the Finnic left-peripheral syntax by being analysed as\, in 
 part\, a prosodic condition.\nFinnish and Estonian are closely related lan
 guages in the Finnic subgroup of the Uralic family. Syntactically they are
  similar in many respects. Both are SVO languages with verb movement\, but
  SOV occurs as well\, and sentential word order is in general quite free. 
 One striking difference\, though\, as regards sentential word order is tha
 t Estonian is\, or appears to be\, a Germanic-style V2 language\, while Fi
 nnish is not. This suggests that the left periphery in Estonian is differe
 nt from that in Finnish\, and more like that in the Germanic V2 languages.
  A close examination of the left periphery in Finnish and Estonian reveals
  that they are\, in fact\, very similar\, but the derivation of V2 order i
 s different in Estonian from the derivation of Germanic V2.\nTwo exception
 s to V2 order turn out to reveal how V2 is derived in Estonian\, in a left
  periphery which is almost the same as in Finnish. One is that V3 is accep
 table\, and common\, if the subject is a weak pronoun. The other is that V
 2 is dispreferred if the verb has nuclear accent. This can be understood i
 f V2 in Estonian is due to a prosodic condition affecting the spell-out of
  copies in movement chains.\nHistorically\, the V2 order in Estonian is al
 most certainly taken over from German. However\, the German syntactic V2 c
 ondition has been integrated in the Finnic left-peripheral syntax by being
  analysed as\, in part\, a prosodic condition. The word order was taken ov
 er but not the derivation.
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