English left-peripheral constructions from an LFG perspective

Title: English left-peripheral constructions from an LFG perspective
Author: Szűcs, Péter
Source document: Linguistica Brunensia. 2017, vol. 65, iss. 1, pp. 67-80
Extent
67-80
  • ISSN
    1803-7410 (print)
    2336-4440 (online)
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Abstract(s)
This paper investigates the syntactic and information-structural properties of certain English constructions where some discourse-prominent element is located left-peripherally: Topicalization, Clause-initial adjuncts and Left-dislocation. I show that these structures have different syntactic and information-structural properties which may be adequately represented in Lexical Functional Grammar.
Note
This research was supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), grant No. K 111918.
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