“…The dataset, however, shows also in these cases a clear distinction between a topic and a focus domain, which maps onto the metrical structure of the work. I restricted the search in this way in order to obtain structures comparable to the ones analysed in the prose especially by De Bastiani and Hinterhölzl (2020), who examine the information structural value of pronouns with respect to the auxiliary verb; it must be kept in mind, however, that according to Tangelder and Los (2017) the syntax of Beowulf might represent a stage in which V2 had not fully developed yet. Further investigations are therefore needed, in order to determine, e.g.…”