Contexts of Topic and Focus structures in Classical Portuguese
Alba Gibrail
Broschiertes Buch

Contexts of Topic and Focus structures in Classical Portuguese

A Diachronic and Theoretical Study

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This paper describes the contexts of formation of Topic and Focus structures in Classical Portuguese. We investigate the linguistic behavior of Portuguese authors born between the 16th and 19th centuries. The result of our investigation defines a V2 grammar in the licensing of these constructions. The result also reveals that the realization position of the clitics is strongly correlated with the position occupied by the topicalized syntagm in CP. Considering the V2-effects that emerge in the formation of these constructions, we assume Classical Portuguese to be a V2 grammar. As a working hypo...