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In chapter II we have seen that the traditional analysis of the syntax of Dutch was based on the assumption that Dutch is an SOV language. This assumption itself was based on Koster’s (1975) analysis of verb movement in Dutch. Koster demonstrated that the SVO word order in subject initial main clauses is derived from an underlying SOV word order by a rule fronting the finite verb. The SOV word order is still visible in embedded clauses, where the verb movement does not take place.
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Zwart, C.JW. (1997). Dutch as an SVO Language. In: Morphosyntax of Verb Movement. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5880-0_3
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