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In:Adverbs and Particles at the Form-Meaning Interface
Edited by Marco Coniglio, Kalle Müller and Markus Steinbach
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 292] 2026
► pp. 200–215

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Adverb placement and V-raising in heritage Greek

 | Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) | Humboldt‑Universität zu Berlin
Published online: 23 March 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1075/la.292.09ale
Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary discussion of adverb placement and V-raising in heritage Greek, by examining two groups of Greek heritage speakers in the US and in Germany. It is shown that heritage speakers generally preserve the V-raising pattern of Greek. Nevertheless, they seem to prefer orders that are compatible with both their languages, as has been observed in previous studies on other V-raising languages.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Heritage speakers and adverb placement
  • 3.Verb movement in English, German and Greek
  • 4.Research questions
  • 5.Methodology
  • 6.Results
  • 7.Discussion
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note
  • References
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