Topicalization, CLLD and the left periphery

Authors

  • Liliane M. V. Haegeman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.35.2004.226

Abstract

Starting from a consideration of the internal make-up of adverbial clauses this paper shows that the widespread assumption that fronted arguments in English and CLLD constituents in Romance occupy the same position leads to a number of problems. I will conclude that the position occupied by English topicalized arguments differs from that of the CLLD topics in Romance. In particular, English topics occupy a higher position in the left periphery. The final part of the paper compares three proposals for the lower topic position in Romance.

 

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Published

2004

How to Cite

Haegeman, Liliane M. V. 2004. “Topicalization, CLLD and the Left Periphery”. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 35 (1):157-92. https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.35.2004.226.