The functional notion of 'topic' or 'topicality' has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume repres…
The functional notion of 'topic' or 'topicality' has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume repres…
In this paper I have examined several instances in which an oblique constituent acquires canonical subject marking, i.e. nominative case and verbal agreement (in an accusative language). These instances show that an oblique constituent may acquire subject coding properties witho…
Mapping the left periphery
by Benincà, Paola, Munaro, Nicola
fromOxford studies in comparative syntax
The papers in this volume develop and challenge our understanding of the fine structure of the left periphery, and of the theory of sentence structure in general.