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1、Syntax14:3,September2011,230–264DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9612.2011.00152.xOnProsodyandFocusinObjectShiftLineMikkelsenAbstract.RecentworkonobjectshiftintheScandinavianlanguageshasrejectedearliersyntacticanalysesinfavorofprosodicorinformation-structuralaccounts.InthispaperIpresentnewevid
2、encefromDanishcopularclausesthatarguesagainstaprosodicanalysisofthephenomenon.Inparticular,Ishowthatspecificationalcopularclausesdonotallowobjectshiftandthatthisfactcannotbeaccountedforinprosodicterms.Iproposethattheobservedlackofobjectshiftisduetothefixedinformationstructureofspec
3、ificationalclauses:theobjectisinvariablyfocusedandthatiswhatpreventsitfromshifting.Thisaccountdovetailswiththefocus-basedanalysisofobjectshiftproposedbyHolmberg(1999),andisalsocompatiblewiththesyntacticanalysisdevelopedbySells(2001).1.IntroductionInthetwentysomeyearssinceAndersHol
4、mberg’sdissertation,theScandinavianwordorderalternationknownasobjectshifthasreceivedenormousattentionwithinthegenerativesyntaxcommunity.IthasfiguredcentrallyinthedevelopmentofboththeGovernmentandBindingtheoryandtheMinimalistprogram,includingthenotionofAgreementprojections,theunder
5、standingofCase-drivenmovement,andthenatureoflocalityconditionsonsyntacticoperations.Ithasalsobeenusedtoprobetheinternalorganizationofthegrammar,specificallytherelationshipbetweeninterpretationandsyntacticmovementandtherelationshipbetweenphonologicalpropertiesofelementsandtheirsynt
6、acticbehavior.Inthelasttenyears,theinvestigationofobjectshifthasmovedawayfrompurelysyntacticmodels,andthemostinfluentialnewworksinsteaddevelopinformation-structural(Holmberg1999)orprosodic(Erteschik-Shir2005)accountsofthephenomenon.InthispaperIarguethatobjectshiftissensitivetoinfo
7、rmationstructure,butnottoprosody.IbuildthisargumentonacomprehensiveinvestigationofobjectshiftinDanishcopularclauses.Certainkindsofcopularclauses,so-calledspecifica-tionalclauses,exhibitafixedinformationstructure,whichallowsustoteaseinformationstructureapartfromprosodyandtostudythei
8、reffectonobjectshiftindependently.Thispa
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