Bergin's law explained

Bergin's law is a grammatical law of Old Irish. It is named for the linguist Osborn Bergin (1873–1950), who identified it.

Bergin's law states that while in Old Irish the normal order of a sentence is verb–subject–object, it is permissible for the verb, in the conjunct form, to appear at the end of the sentence.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Collinge, N. E.. The Laws of Indo-European. 1985. John Benjamins. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory. 35 . Amsterdam . 978-90-272-8638-3.