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The purpose of this paper is to develop a tool for determining the unmarked position of various PP types in the Dutch Mittelfeld. The paper argues that the distribution of stranded prepositions, which obey a Freezing constraint, can be used for this purpose, and that the same holds for prepositions with a weak pronominal complement. Among the results of this twin diagnostic are independent evidence for a case-movement analysis of scrambling, and support for a particular analysis of predicative complement constructions.
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Ruys, E.G. Stranding, weak pronouns, and the fine structure of the Dutch Mittelfeld. Nat Language Linguistic Theory 26, 547–587 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-008-9048-y
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