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=Spanish example 1=

In Spanish, like many Romance languages, has.... This allows for some flexibility in word order that is not permitted in English. - v enters derivation with agreement and discourse features - type of features highlighted in CP domain - discourse-prominent: Japanese, Korean - agreement-prominent: English - discourse-prominent, agreement-oriented: Spanish, Turkish, Greek - passes features onto v - possible to separate the object from the verb based on focus - in SC, when subject is in final position, it is the focus - topic: moving to Spec,VP or focus staying in original position

"In Spanish, like many Romance languages, there is some flexibility in small clause construction due to the flexibility in word order. This is posited to be due to the fact that Spanish is an example of a language that is discourse-prominent and agreement-oriented [59]. This passing of features onto the v allows a separation of the object from the verb when the focus of the sentence changes. The final position in a sentence is reserved for the focus as seen by the differences in (a) and (b)."

=Greek Example 1= Include Indo-European; Hellenic - discourse-prominent, agreement-oriented: Spanish, Turkish, Greek - passes features onto v - possible to separate the object from the verb based on focus, unlike in English - [XP DP] pattern is preferred when asked about the SC subject --> order of DP XP depends on discourse factors (like in Spanish) --> the non-felicitous examples can be corrected with proper intonation

"Greek is another example of a language that is discourse-prominent and agreement-oriented, allowing features to be passed onto the v. [60] This allows for flexibility in word order depending on the changing focus of the small clause. This example can be shown in (a) and (b)."

=Spanish Example 2=

Question 1
Take the following question. The ~information given~ is the XP, AP in this case. The ~information we are seeking~ is the DP.

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Question 2
In this following example, the ~information given is the NP, while the ~information sought~ is the XP, AP in this case. This lends to the focus being the AP and therefore it is preferred to appear right-dislocated.

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Interestingly, example (a i) can be made felicitous using.... stress

=Greek Example 2=

Question 1
The following example shows a question that gives the XP, in this case AP, as a topic and seeks the information of a DP. This leads the preferred construct to place the DP in sentence-final position as the focus.

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Question 2
This example however shows a question that gives the DP and seeks the information of the AP. Contrary to the previous example, the DP will be the focus and therefore is preferred in sentence-final position.

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Interestingly, example (a i) can be made felicitous using.... stress

=Cross-linguistic comparisons= - English .. not flexible word order, impossible to separate object from verb (the meat example) --> English topic and focus in situ - Greek and Spanish... flexible word order, can change focus by separating object from verb (clever example) - incl table discussing intonational focus, word order flexibility, expressive small clauses?, agreement?

Table English Q: Who do you consider clever? A: I consider Susan very clever. Q: How do you consider Susan. A: I consider Susan very clever.

Table Spanish/Greek Q: Who do you consider clever? A: I consider Susan very clever. Q: How do you consider Susan? A: I consider very clever Susan.

- the information satisfying the request will be the focus - in English, focus is characterized by stress