The Greek DP periphery

Abstract We compare here the left periphery of the D- and the C- domain. Looking at cases where a genitive possessor is separated from an accusative possessum, we argue that D differs from C in lacking an articulated left periphery and dedicated Focus and Topic projections. Instead, we propose that there is a unique left-peripheral position above D. It resembles positions in the CP -periphery in being a criterial position, but the criterial feature involved is distinct from the ones encoded by CP -peripheral projections. We thus align with Szendrői (2010) in assuming that information-structural properties such as Focus and Topic operate at the propositional level, which makes them unavailable within the DP .