Towards a General Theory of PartialConstituent Fronting in

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  • Kordula De Kuthy
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1 The issue The topicalization of partial constituents in German has received much attention in the literature since the phenomenon is a serious challenge to the theory of constituency. In the HPSG paradigm, the attention has focussed on the topicalization of partial verb phrases. 1 But G. M uller (1993, 1996) and others discussed that partial constituent fronting in German also occurs with nominal and adjectival phrases. A simple example for each of the categories is shown in (1). (1) a. Verkaufen] sell wird will er he das the Pferd. horse b. Ein a Buch] book hat has Hans Hans uber about Syntax Syntax ausgeliehen. borrowed c. Stolz] proud ist is er he auf of seine his Kinder children gewesen. been In (1a), the transitive verb verkaufen has been fronted, leaving its complement , the NP das Pferd, behind. In (1b), the NP ein Buch is topicalized without its PP complement uber Syntax. And in (1c), the AP stolz has been fronted, leaving its PP argument auf seine Kinder behind. Looking at the theoretical consequences drawn from such data, two ideas pursued in the principles and parameters paradigm are that i. the constructions involve remnant movement of a constituent containing a trace (Thier-sch 1985, Webelhuth and den Besten 1987, G. M uller 1996), or ii. \smaller" constituents can be topicalized which are licensed with the help of special processes like \reanalysis" (Fanselow 1987, for partial NPs). Parallel We would like to thank Tilman HH ohle, Stefan M uller, Craig Thiersch and the anonymous reviewers for their comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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تاریخ انتشار 1998