Informational focus in Sicilian and the left periphery

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction
4. Phases and interpretation 1
5. Chapter 1 – Interpretation and structural conditions
6. Grafts follow from merge 17
7. An interpretive effect of head movement 45
8. When we do that and when we don t: A contrastive analysis of VP ellipsis and VP anaphora 71
9. Chapter 2 – Interpretation in the DP-phase
10. HAVE = BE + PREP(osition): New evidence for the preposition incorporation analysis of clausal possession 107
11. Northern Norwegian degree questions and the syntax of measurement 133
12. Parallels in clausal and nominal periphery 163
13. Chapter 3 – Functional projections in the vP-phase
14. The properties of anticausatives crosslinguistically 187
15. Number agreement and event pluralization: A case study 213
16. The Phase Condition and cyclic Spell-out: Evidence from VP-topicalization 237
17. Parallel phases: a study on the high and low left periphery of Old Italian 261
18. Chapter 4 – The CP-phase and Subject Licensing
19. Obviation in subjunctive argument clauses and the first-personal interpretation 295
20. Who is lui? Reference of Italian overt and covert subject pronouns 321
21. Satisfying the Subject Criterion by a non subject: English Locative Inversion and Heavy NP Shift 341
22. Informational focus in Sicilian and the left periphery 363
23. Backmatter 387