Chapter 19 Subjects, topics and the interpretation of pro

• Main Author: Rizzi, Luigi (auth)
• Other Authors: Petrosino, Roberto (Editor), Cerrone, Pietro (Editor), van der Hulst, Harry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Subjects: linguistics; Phonetics, phonology; Phonology; Morpho-phonology; Morpho-syntax; Italian Dialectology
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

In this paper I would like to address the classical issue of the similarities and differences between subject and topic positions. In doing so, I will build on seminal work by Andrea Calabrese, particularly Calabrese (1986) on pronominal interpretation. This paper, as well as other contributions on...