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4.4 The structure of sentences with a DP and a PP argument
The final type of declarative to be discussed in this section is that with both a DP and a
PP internal argument. The word order facts regarding these sentences, as presented in
section 3.2.1.2 of chapter 3, are summarized in Table 18.
Table 18. Subject position in sentences with DP and PP internal arguments
Sentence type initial S final S V S O (PP) V S PP O V O S PP V PP S O
DP & PP arguments √ √ * * √ *
The placement of pauses in each of these sentences is crucial to the structure of these
sentences. Recall from section 3.3.1 of chapter 3 that there is a pause between a right
dislocated phrase and the phrase preceding it. (417) indicates where pauses are found in
the sentences with grammatical word orders.
(417) a. S V PP [pause] O
b. V O PP [pause] S
c. V O [pause] S [pause] PP
d. V PP [pause] O [pause] S
Since, in my analysis, pauses mark movement of phrase into the left periphery, a likely
analysis for the sentences with more than one pause is that, in addition to the remnant
AgrSP, more than one phrase has moved to the left periphery. To begin, let's first
examine the structure of a sentence with only one sentence final phrase. In this type of
sentence, the final phrase moves to the left periphery, followed by movement of AgrSP to
a position above the dislocated phrase, as illustrated by (418) and (419).
S V PP [pause] O
(418) a. [TopP [AgrSP subject V tobject PP] Top [FocP object Foc tAgrSP]]
b. [FocP [AgrSP subject V tobject PP] Foc [TopP object Top tAgrSP]]
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