Abstract
This paper shows that languages with distinct degrees of word order flexibility, like English, French and European Portuguese (EP), only permit locative inversion (LI) with preverbal XPs which are stage topics. This is argued to be both a necessary and sufficient condition for an XP to be admitted in LI.
| Original language | Portuguese |
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| Pages | 81-83 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | XXXI Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística - Braga Duration: 28 Oct 2015 → 30 Oct 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | XXXI Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística |
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| Period | 28/10/15 → 30/10/15 |
Keywords
- Locative inversion
- Syntax-discourse interface
- stage topic
- inversão locativa
- interface sintaxe-discurso
- tópico cénico