Dutch data distinguish two patterns: degree exclamations can have matrix-associated V2 or embedded-associated verb-final order, whereas “Who came!”-type exclamations can only be verb-final.

Evidence (3)

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2

In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations

exclamations like ‘ Who came! ’ can only be verbfi nal.

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p2

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