On some properties of subjects and topics
On some properties of subjects and topics
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关于主题和主题的某些属性
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2005
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L. Rizzi
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L. Rizzi
Subjects bear certain interpretive similarities to topics, and yet the two notions are clearly distinct, both in their formal status, position, and interface properties. In this article I would like to identify some analogies and differences between subject and topic in the context of the general issue of the causes of phrasal movement. After a brief discussion of the “movement as last resort” guidelines, I would like to address the question of the interface effects related to movement to subject position. This will lead to a discussion of some interpretive similarities and differencies between subject and topic, and to the possible restatement of the EPP as a Subject Criterion. The consequences of this approach for the analysis of subject-object asymmetries induced by movement will be briefly mentioned. The article will be concluded by an analysis of the discourse conditions which must be met for a felicitous use of Clitic Left Dislocation topics in Italian.