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0 c. 1. ?A pocs assistents els havia convidat EN JOAN
position too).
To few people-present them-had invited the J.
'(Many people were were at the party, but) few had been invited by Joan'
2. Pocs amics m'han convidat A SOPAR
Few friends me-have invited to dinner
'(Friends have invited me to lots of things, but) few have invited me to have
dinner'
d. 1. (?)Cap paquet l'ha enviat EN JOAN
No packet it-has sent the J.
'(Many packets were sent, but) none by Joan'
2. Cap paquet ha arribat PER CORREU
No packet has arrived by mail
'Packets arrived, but none arrived by mail'
To summarize, quantified subject- or clitic-resumed- elements are allowed if:
- they are 'weak' (then they can be dislocated)
- they are 'strong' [+human] (then they are in a Spec position).
- they are construed with a postverbal Focus elements (and then they are in this Spec
The facts reported from Catalan extend to Spanish with a reasonable degree of
approximation. As for Italian, the judgements I have been reported are less clear and systematic.
Southern dialects 159 seem to be close to Catalan, with the difference that adjacency to the verb
does not seem to play any role: 160
159 Thanks to Giuseppe Longobardi for his judgements,
comments and suggestions
160 Thanks to Giuseppe longobardi and Giovanni Albertocchi
for the data (which I take as roughly representative of resp.
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