In defence of the discourse intention feature : sentence-focus SV/VS order in Catalan and Spanish
Barrios Jurado, Núria (University of Manchester (Regne Unit))

Data:	2025
Resum:	This paper investigates sentence-focus VS structures in Spanish and Catalan. It is generally assumed that, in Romance languages, a covert element occupies the canonical preverbal position, preventing the subject from moving there. Previous theoretical analyses have proposed that this element is locative in nature, making the construction comparable to a locative inversion construction. In this paper, I review existing proposals in the literature and discuss their limitations. Building on Ojea (2017), I adopt and refine the idea that there is an EPP feature called Discourse Intention (DI), which sits in T in Spanish and can be valued by a locative feature available when the verb is in the perfective or progressive form. I suggest that this approach extends to Catalan and that, in addition to grammatical aspect, tense (specifically the present tense), plays a crucial role in the licensing of sentence-focus VS structures.
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Arts and Humanities Research council NorthWest Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (grant AH/R012792/1)
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Focus ; Sv/vs order ; Theticity ; Locative ; Epp feature
Publicat a:	Isogloss, Vol. 11 Núm. 7 (2025) , p. 1-29 (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138

Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v11-n7-barriosjurado
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.570

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