This article approaches locative inversion as a construction resulting from valuation of the core intentional feature [DI] (for discourse intention) by a locative constituent to obtain an event‐reporting thetic statement that expresses a state of affairs located in some spatiotemporal coordinates. I argue that in languages where [DI] is an EPP feature, as is the case with Spanish, the locative is internally merged in Spec,TP, competing with the subject for this position with respect to prominence conditions. Two types of locative‐inversion constructions therefore obtain: (i) core locative inversion, where the locative phrase is structurally prominent, and (ii) deictic locative inversion, where the locative phrase is nonprominent but must be merged in Spec,TP for reasons of interface economy. The article explores in detail the differences between the two and the predicted differences between Spanish and other languages, such as English, where the EPP is not informational but formal in nature. It also offers empirical support for Spec,TP as the landing site of the locative in Spanish (and, it is predicted, in other discourse‐prominent languages), showing that locative inversion is not a root phenomenon in this case and can therefore be found in many contexts where standard topicalization would be ruled out.

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EPP在话语基础上的满足：位置倒置的案例

本文将定位反转视为一种结构，它是由定位成分对核心意图特征[DI]（用于话语意图）进行评估而获得的，用于表达事件报告的主题陈述，该陈述表达了位于某些时空坐标中的事务状态。我认为，在[DI]是EPP功能的语言中（如西班牙语），该处所在内部被合并到Spec，TP中，在突出条件方面与该主题竞争。因此，获得了两种类型的定位反转构造：（i）核心定位反转，其中定位短语在结构上很突出；以及（ii）偏位词定位反转，其中定位短语不突出，但出于界面经济的考虑，必须在Spec，TP中合并。本文详细探讨了两者之间的差异以及西班牙和其他语言（例如英语）之间的预测差异，其中EPP并不是信息性的，而是形式上的。它还为Spec，TP作为西班牙语中该位置词的着陆点提供了经验支持（并且预计，在其他以语言为主导的语言中也是如此），这表明在这种情况下，位置反转不是根本现象，因此可以找到在许多情况下，将排除标准主题化。