V2 violations in French Flemish: nature, origin and microvariation. Ghent University
Many languages have a basic verb second (V2) word order. This means that the verb linearly takes
the second position in declarative main clauses, for instance in Standard Dutch (SD, 1).
1) Het spatte in alle richtingen.
it splashed in all directions
In one Dutch dialect, West-Flemish (WF), the verb can also be the third constituent in the clause
instead of the second one. This can only happen if the clause is ...