Topicalization and Stress Clash Avoidance in the History of English
( Topics in English Linguistics TiEL )
Publication series ：Topics in English Linguistics TiEL
Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9783110220247
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110220230
Subject： H314 syntax
Keyword： 语言学
Language： ENG
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Description
The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this ‘Clash Avoidance Requirement’ in present-day English and German as well as in Old English, where it plays a crucial role in subject movement.