Long and Short Adjunct Fronting in HPSG
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With normal intonation, (4a) is ungrammatical and (4b) is unambiguous with the adverbial around midnight construed only with the matrix clause. However, Ross (1986: 180–181) states that ‘[i]f the preposed adverbials bear heavy stress, [...,] [(4a)] becomes grammatical, and [(4b)] becomes ambiguous, for the adverbial can modify the lower verb as well as the main verb’. If Ross’ observation is correct, the long fronted adjuncts can carry narrow focus. In (5), the adverbial on Monday functions as a topic in the same way as (3).
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