Left-dislocation revisited

  1. Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos
Revista:
Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

ISSN: 0214-4808 2171-861X

Ano de publicación: 1995

Número: 8

Páxinas: 7-23

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.14198/RAEI.1995.8.01 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Outras publicacións en: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

Resumo

The aim of this paper is to provide syntactic evidence that left-dislocated NPs (LDs) do not belong inside the structure of the sentences with which they are usually associated. It is argued here that the relationship between LDs and these sentences is merely a semantic one of co-reference and that, therefore, no formal, structural liaison exists between them. The analysis that contemplates the left-dislocated constituent as a sister of a lower clausal node inside the highest S node is consequently abandoned in favour of a discourse-oriented interpretation. According to this, left-dislocation is best seen as involving structurally independent co-referential units in discourse.