Topicalization and the Imperative Subject

• 발행기관: 동덕여자대학교 인문과학연구소
• 저자명: 문지순(Grace Ge-Soon Moon)
• 간행물 정보: 『人文學硏究』第11輯, 53~70쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.02.28

영문 초록

Various proposals have been put forward in the literature suggesting that imperative subjects in English behave differently from subjects of other finite clauses. One such proposal is that of Beukema and Coopmans (1989), who, while admitting the subject status of the initial noun phrase in imperative utterances like “You be careful,” claim that all non-quantificational imperative subjects obligatorily undergo topicalization. In this paper, I assess Beukema and Coopman's claim by investigating the grammatical and discourse properties of topicalization. In particular, I scrutinize so-called multiple topicalization structures, drawing a distinction between topic-topicalization and focus-topicalization. Based on both imperative and non-imperative data bearing on multiple topicalization, I conclude contra Beukema and Coopmans that imperative subjects are not subject to obligatory topicalization. The discussion closes with a speculation on whether imperative subjects ever undergo topicalization in the overt syntax.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Beukema and Coopmans' (1989) Topicalization Analysis

3. Discourse-Functional Properties of Topicalization

4. Syntactic Properties of Topicalization

5. Multiple Topicalization in Imperatives

6. Conclusion

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