Remnant topicalization

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Definition

Remnant Topicalization is a topicalization of the remnant of a VP.

Example

In (i) the object diese Bücher has been taken out of the VP, and the remnant gelesen has been topicalized.

(i) [VP gelesen] hat er diese Bücher nicht.

Supposedly, the object is extracted from the VP by scrambling.

Links

• Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Webelhuth, G. & H. Den Besten 1987. Adjunction and Remnant Topicalization in the Germanic SOV-languages, GLOW conference Venice, .