The D(emonstrative)-construction

Gabrielle R. Isgar, Antje Muntendam, Lara Reglero
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This paper explores a newly identified contrastive topic configuration in Spanish. Coined by de Andrade (2018) for Galician and European Portuguese, the D(emonstrative)-construction features a left-dislocated topic and d(emonstrative)-pronoun resumptive. This study investigates whether the D-construction exists in Spanish, and if so, with which syntactic properties. We administered an acceptability judgment task on the D-construction, Clitic Left Dislocation (CLLD), Hanging Topic Left Dislocation (HTLD) and Focus Fronting (FF) to Spanish speakers. The task tested the role of the left-dislocate, case connectivity, subject-verb inversion, embedding, recursivity, and sensitivity to island constraints. Simple instances of the D-construction received consistently high ratings, demonstrating that it exists in Spanish. There was individual variation regarding the role of the left-dislocate and case connectivity. The D-construction did not require subject-verb inversion, was non-recursive and demonstrated selective island sensitivity. Findings for CLLD, HTLD and FF were mostly in line with previous literature. The D-construction did not exactly pattern with CLLD, HTLD, nor FF; it is characterized by a unique set of syntactic properties. We propose that both left-dislocated elements are base-generated at Spec, TopP: the fronted DP is a hanging topic, and its resumptive d-pronoun is linked to a clitic within the main clause via an A'-chain.
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本文探讨了西班牙语中一种新发现的对比性话题构型。由 de Andrade(2018 年)在加利西亚语和欧洲葡萄牙语中提出的 D(emonstrative)-构式具有左移话题和 d(emonstrative)-代词复指的特点。本研究调查了西班牙语中是否存在 D 结构,如果存在,其句法属性是什么。我们对西班牙语使用者进行了一项可接受性判断任务,内容包括 D 结构、词性左错位(CLD)、悬置话题左错位(HTLD)和焦点前置(FF)。该任务测试了左错位的作用、大小写连通性、主谓倒置、嵌入、递归以及对岛约束的敏感性。D 结构的简单实例获得了一致的高分,这表明它在西班牙语中是存在的。D 结构的简单实例获得了一致的高分,这表明它在西班牙语中是存在的。在左移和大小写连接的作用方面存在个体差异。D 结构不需要主谓倒置,是非递归的,并表现出选择性岛屿敏感性。对 CLLD、HTLD 和 FF 的研究结果大多与之前的文献一致。D-结构与 CLLD、HTLD 或 FF 的模式并不完全相同;它具有一系列独特的句法特性。我们认为,两个左移成分都是在 Spec、TopP 的基础上生成的:前置 DP 是一个悬置的话题,它的后置 d-pronoun 通过 A'-chain 与主句中的一个 clitic 相联系。
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