Explore: Extraposition

Extraposition is a mechanism of syntax that alters word order in such a manner that a relatively "heavy" constituent appears to the right of its canonical

outside.) Dummy it can also be found in extraposition constructions in English, a process known as it-extraposition. For example: It is fun living in Paris

studied of these being topicalization, wh-fronting, scrambling, and extraposition. Natural languages vary with respect to the types of discontinuities

it-extraposition, e.g. a. Tom seems to have won the race. b. It seems that Tom won the race. – Raising-to-subject verb seem occurs with it-extraposition

scrambling. The position of das also cannot be addressed in terms of extraposition, since extraposed constituents are relatively heavy, much heavier than

It can also occur with almost any type of discontinuity, including extraposition, scrambling, and topicalization. Most, if not all, languages that allow

person pronouns for formality. This flexibility allows Catalan to use extraposition extensively, much more than French or Spanish. Thus, Catalan can have

bothered me that she did not call. - Clause as postcedent, example of it-extraposition d. Two violinists were there, at the party. - Prepositional phrase as

Ergative verb Exceptional case-marking Existential clauses Expletives Extraposition Gapping Heavy NP shift Inverse copula sentences Movement paradoxes Negative

dependency grammar accounts of topicalization, wh-fronting, scrambling, and extraposition are mostly absent from many established DG frameworks. This situation