The interaction between topicalization and structural constraints
Evidence from Yucatec Maya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stavros Skopetea (0000-0002-2827-0518, University of Potsdam), Stavros Skopeteas, Elisabeth Verhoeven (0000-0001-8775-8567, Hochschule Bremen) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2009.009 |
| OpenAlex | W2103540226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article deals with the syntactic and pragmatic properties of left dislocated constituents in Yucatec Maya. It has been argued that these constituents are topics, which implies that a particular structural configuration, namely left dislocation displays a 1:1 correspondence to a particular discourse function. We present evidence that the discourse properties of left dislocation are not uniform: only a subset of the left dislocated constituents qualify as topics in the strict sense, while other instances of left dislocation are better explained if we assume a structural constraint that bans the postverbal occurrence of subject constituents in a particular syntactic configuration. Our empirical findings show that though the occurrence of word order possibilities in discourse is not random, it is not necessarily determined by a unique licensing condition
Dislocation · Geometry · Linguistics · Physics · Sociology · Topicalization · Word order · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |