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• Root clause
  ...embedded]]. In [[verb second]] languages root clauses differ from embedded clauses in that the finite [[verb]] is in second position. *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Root+clause&lemmacode=357 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  629 bytes (85 words) - 18:56, 28 September 2014
• Verb second
  ...henomenon that, or the process by which, the [[verb]] in [[declarative]] [[root clause]]s ends up in second position. If a language has verb second as a ch
  899 bytes (140 words) - 08:38, 31 August 2014
• COMP
  ...he COMP position is the ultimate landing site of the finite verb in [[root clauses]]. Originally it was assumed that ''wh-''phrases such as ''who in who did y
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