The Locative Inversion Construction in English: Topicalization and the Pronunciation of the Lower Copy

Abstract

I am also grateful to two anonymous EL reviewers for valuable comments and suggestions. Needless to say, any remaining errors and shortcomings are my own.

Heavy Np Shift in English and a-Movement in Subject-Prominent Languages

“…Then, I review Mikami's (2010) analysis of the LIC under the movement theory, which is an attempt to reconsider 'stylistic inversion' constructions from Miyagawa's (2005Miyagawa's ( , 2007Miyagawa's ( , 2010 parametric view.…”

“…[Focus] movement to its canonical position for the properties of the EPP in the type of language. Mikami (2010) attempts to reconsider the Locative Inversion Construction (LIC) from this parametric perspective: (3) a. In the corner was a lamp.…”

“…*John sent to his mother [money]. (McCawley (1988: 511)) More specifically, extending Mikami's (2010) analysis of the LIC under the copy theory of movement, I argue that an HNPS sentence can be analyzed in a such a way that the 'shifted' object DP, like the non-shifted DP, actually undergoes A-movement to the Spec of AspP at narrow syntax (cf. Hiraiwa (2005)), although the lower copy is pronounced at PF because of the status of the DP as a focused XP.…”

“…Section 2, as a theoretical background, briefly reviews the copy theory of movement and Mikami's (2010) analysis of the LIC under the movement theory. Section 3, extending Mikami's analysis of the LIC, provides an analysis of HNPS in accord with Miyagawa's parametric variations.…”

“…7 2.2. Mikami's (2010) Analysis of the LIC In English, it is generally assumed that a higher copy is pronounced, as is clear from the presence of overt wh-movement. Takano (1996Takano ( , 1998 and Mikami (2010), however, argue that a lower copy can alternatively be pronounced in English if a marked interpretation is necessary for both the LF and PF interfaces.…”