Peripheral subjects in two varieties of Portuguese: evidence for a non-unified analysis

Abstract

It is possible to show that this type of behavior does not necessarily derive from an analysis in which preverbal subjects are in a peripheral position with respect to IP, i.e are adjoined to IP or CP, as in Belletti (1990), Barbosa (1995)’s left-dislocation analysis. From such a point of view, the only A-position available for subjects is the VP internal position. Belletti (1990) argues in favor of such an analysis for sentences like (3a) in Italian, observing that N-words without focal stress cannot precede a sentence adverb. This behavior is not found in Portuguese:

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