Remnant topicalization

Definition
Remnant Topicalization is a topicalization of the remnant of a VP.

Example
In (i) the object diese BÃ¼cher has been taken out of the VP, and the remnant gelesen has been topicalized.

(i) [VP gelesen] hat er diese BÃ¼cher nicht.

Supposedly, the object is extracted from the VP by scrambling.

Links

 * Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics