The interrelation between syntax and function of Old Church Slavonic bo, že, li

This article analyses the positioning of the particles že, li, bo in Old Church Slavonic, attempting to demonstrate that their placement is not determined by a single syntactic rule (Wackernagel’s Law), but is a consequence of the different functions these three elements have. The fact that there is no class of enclitics syntactically placed in second position is a serious challenge to the validity of this law in Old Church Slavonic.