Syntactic Variation and Verb Second -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mòcheno and the V2 phenomenon -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 On the V2 phenomenon -- 2.2.1 V2 in Continental Germanic -- 2.2.2 V2 in Old Romance languages -- 2.2.3 Triggers for movement -- 2.2.4 Partial conclusions -- 2.3 Mòcheno as a V2 language -- 2.3.1 Rowley's (2003) account -- 2.3.2 On the presence of the Korrelate of V2 -- 2.3.3 On the structure of Mòcheno left periphery -- 2.3.4 Against an account in terms of optionality/grammar competition -- 2.4 Conclusions -- 3. The syntax of subject pronouns -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Three classes of subject pronouns in Mòcheno -- 3.2.1 Sentence-initial position -- 3.2.2 The coordination test -- 3.2.3 Focalization and isolation -- 3.2.4 Partial conclusions -- 3.3 Distribution of subject pronouns -- 3.3.1 Distribution of subject reduced forms in main clauses -- 3.3.2 Reduced forms are not agreement markers -- 3.3.3 Distribution of subject reduced forms in embedded clauses -- 3.3.4 Distribution of strong subject pronouns -- 3.4 Conclusions -- 4. Satisfaction of EPP and realization of subjects -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Fronted constituents and EPP -- 4.2.1 Fronted operators -- 4.2.2 The hanging-topic construction -- 4.2.3 Simple preposing -- 4.2.4 Left-dislocation -- 4.3 Sentences with a fronted Nominative subject -- 4.3.1 Fronted subjects and the EPP feature -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5. Mòcheno as a partial pro-drop language DP-subjects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Mòcheno as a partial pro-drop language -- 5.2.1 Properties of pro-drop languages -- 5.2.2 Licensing of null referential subjects and rich agreement -- 5.2.3 Free-subject inversion and that-trace effects -- 5.2.4 Expletive null subjects and generic pronouns -- 5.2.5 Proposed analysis.

5.3 The syntax of DP subjects -- 5.3.1 DP subjects as informationally marked XPs -- 5.3.2 DP subjects in sentences with a fronted operator -- 5.4 Conclusions -- 6. Multiple access to CP and asymmetric pro-drop split -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Multiple access to CP and EPP -- 6.2.1 Bottleneck effects -- 6.2.2 Combination of constituents in the left periphery -- 6.2.3 Again on simple-preposed topics and EPP -- 6.2.4 Grewendorf/Poletto's account -- 6.2.5 An alternative account for main declarative clauses -- 6.2.6 Sentences with a fronted operator -- 6.2.7 Partial conclusions -- 6.3 On the syntax of embedded clauses -- 6.3.1 Position of the finite verb in embedded clauses -- 6.3.2 Form of the complementiser and CP structure -- 6.3.3 Realization of the subject and syntax of the finite verb -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Questionnaires from Palai -- Questionnaires from Fierozzo -- Questionnaires from Roveda -- Index.