Focus and Inversion in English
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This paper delves into some interesting aspects of focus in relation to inversion. In this paper, I argue that inversion in English is a syntactic operation, in which the verb moves into the Focus head across the subject. I try to provide a unified and principled account of Locative Inversion constructions and Subject Aux Inversion constructions by postulating multiple Focus Phrase (FocP) positions: above vP and IP. First of all, by positing FocP above vP, the verb moves into Foc, which in turn attracts the subject into its Spec. Locative phrases are pulled up into Spec, IP to satisfy EPP, resulting in Locative Inversion. Second, positioning FocP above IP enables Aux to move into Foc likewise across the subject. This movement pulls up wh-phrases or negative phrases into Spec, FocP to be focused. The process of focalization in these two types of inversion constructions is established via spec-head agreement in a unified way.
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This paper delves into some interesting aspects of focus in relation to inversion. In this paper, I argue that inversion in English is a syntactic operation, in which the verb moves into the Focus head across the subject. I try to provide a unified and principled account of Locative Inversion constructions and Subject Aux Inversion constructions by postulating multiple Focus Phrase (FocP) positions: above vP and IP. First of all, by positing FocP above vP, the verb moves into Foc, which in turn attracts the subject into its Spec. Locative phrases are pulled up into Spec, IP to satisfy EPP, resulting in Locative Inversion. Second, positioning FocP above IP enables Aux to move into Foc likewise across the subject. This movement pulls up wh-phrases or negative phrases into Spec, FocP to be focused. The process of focalization in these two types of inversion constructions is established via spec-head agreement in a unified way.
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