Verb movement in Faroese: New perspectives on an old problem

The question of whether verb movement out of the VP in non-V2 contexts (“V-to-I”) is still part of the grammar of contemporary Faroese is a matter of some contention in the literature. There is a degree of consensus that some speakers do not allow V-to-I; however there is considerable debate whether there are other speakers who have it as one option. In this paper we review some of the background to this question, focussing on its theoretical signifi-cance; we then present some recent empirical work and discuss its potential and its limitations in addressing the questions raised by this type of variable data