The postposed thematic subject in the Locative Inversion Construction (LIC) is considered to receive focus interpretation. Regarding the discourse-related properties like focus and topic, Rizzi(1997) argues that an element should move into spec-FocP in C-space in order to receive focus interpretation. This analysis may capture coherent explanation that syntactic configuration is directly related to interpretation. However, this analysis cannot explain how the inverted subject in the LIC receives focus interpretation. Revising Rizzi’s analysis, Jayaseelan (2008) argues that there is a FocP above VP. This analysis may account for some syntactic characteristic of LIC well, but it also has some problems on explaining some properties of LIC. In this respect, I try to explore some syntactic configuration of this construction and argue that FocP is between vP and VP. This analysis enables us to explain some puzzling properties of Locative Inversion and Heavy NP Shift.
목차
I. Introduction II. CP Split Hypothesis 2.1 Imperfection of single CP 2.2 Focus Phrase(FocP) 2.3 Topic Phrase(TopP) 2.4 Criterial Freezing III. Locative Inversion 3.1 Properties of Locative Inversion 3.2 FocP above VP 3.3 Locative Inversion and FocP above VP 3.4 Transitivity restriction of Locative Inversion and revised analysis IV. Heavy NP Shift V. Conclusion Works Cited Abstract
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
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1968
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영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]