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Emphatic structures
Fronting
Structure:
FRONTED/EMPHASIZED ELEMENT + VERB + SUBJECT:
Here comes the doctor.
Fronting
Uses:
We find the word order FRONTED ELEMENT + VERB + SUBJECT:
When the complement of be is fronted:
His speciality is Andalucian gastronomy.
Andalucian gastronomy is his speciality.
A beach hut is standing on the sand.
Standing on the sand is a beach hut.
When an adverbial of place, direction or time is fronted:
An old woman was behind the desk. >
Behind the desk was an old woman. (place)
Joan walked into the room. >
Into the room walked Joan. (direction)
The scouts came first.
First came the scouts. (time)
Inversion
Structure:
EMPHASIZED ELEMENT + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB
Inversion
Uses:
We find the word order EMPHASIZED ELEMENT + AUXIL. + SUBJECT + VERB:
Inversion
Uses:
We find the word order EMPHASIZED ELEMENT + AUXIL. + SUBJECT + VERB:
Inversion
Uses:
We find the word order AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB:
(Here the auxiliary verb is the emphasized element)
Inversion
Uses:
We find the word order EMPHASIZED ELEMENT + AUXIL.(=MAIN VERB) + SUBJECT:
Created by:
Carmen Luisa Prez Amaro