Recreating Bone Stock: A Case of Intrapelvic Broken Cup Dislocation

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Focus sul topic

The paper contains an analysis of the topic from the syntactic, pragmatic and prosodic point of view. It is shown that the topic may correspond to both prominent and contrastive information. A distinction is also made between initial and final topic

Focus sul Topic

The paper contains an analysis of the topic from the syntactic, pragmatic and prosodic point of view. It is shown that the topic may correspond to both prominent and contrastive information. A distinction is also made between initial and final topic

Subjects in a pro-drop language. Syntactic roles, discourse categories and the interpretation of pro

The Null Subject parameter and general economy requirements might lead to the expectation that, in a pro-drop language like Italian, overt subjects are only realized to guarantee recoverability in the discourse. However, the study of spoken corpora shows that this is not the case: overt subjects are often realized, even when coreference interpretation is not at stake. This paper shows that the analysis of intonation in an interface perspective can provide a novel account to the presence and interpretation of subjects in a pro-drop language. In particular, evidence is provided for a crucial connection between “subjects” and “left-peripheral” information. This proposal also leads to an alternative explanation for the licensing and interpretation of null subjects (pro’s)