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35.4.2.Temporal PPs
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Temporal adpositional phrases are generally prepositional, but there are also a limited number of temporal postpositional phrases. In (91), we give one example of each. This section will show that these temporal adpositional phrases behave just like the adverbially used spatial PPs.

91
a. Jan heeft Marie in de oorlog ontmoet.
  Jan has Marie in the war met
  'Jan met Marie during the war.'
b. Het heeft de hele dag door geregend.
  it has the whole day through rained
  'It has rained all day long.'
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[+]  I.  Topicalization

The examples in (92) show that topicalization of temporal PPs is possible.

92
a. In de oorlog heeft Jan Marie ontmoet.
  in the war has Jan Marie met
b. De hele dag door heeft het geregend.
  the whole day through has it rained
[+]  II.  Word order in the middle field of the clause

As in the case of adverbially used spatial PPs, the term scrambling should be avoided because temporal phrases may be base-generated in different positions in the middle field of the clause. This is shown in example (93a): as in the case of spatial PPs, the clause can contain more than one temporal PP. These temporal PPs are strictly ordered: the more general phrase op vrijdagon Friday precedes the clause adverb waarschijnlijkprobably, and must precede the more specific phrase om drie uurat three oʼclock; cf. Section V8.2.3 for a further discussion.

93
a. dat ik op vrijdag waarschijnlijk om drie uur langs kom.
  that I on Friday probably at three o'clock along come
  'On Friday I will probably drop by at three o'clock.'
b. * dat ik om drie uur waarschijnlijk op vrijdag langs kom.
[+]  III.  PP-over-V

PP-over-V of temporal prepositional phrases is perfectly acceptable. PP-over-V of postpositional phrases, on the other hand, seems marked. It is not clear what causes this difference.

94
a. dat Jan Marie heeft ontmoet in de oorlog.
  that Jan Marie has met in the war
b. ?? dat het heeft geregend de hele dag door.
  that it has rained the whole day through

If the clause contains more than one (temporal) PP, PP-over-V can reverse the order of the PPs in the middle field of the clause. This can be seen by comparing example (93) with (95). However, it is difficult to show conclusively that the order must be reversed, because (95b) is also acceptable. Nevertheless, it seems plausible that the acceptability of this example is due to the fact that the PP om drie uurat three oʼclock can be used as an attributive modifier of the noun vrijdagFriday: this is clear from the fact that vrijdag om drie uur can be topicalized as a whole, as shown in Vrijdag om drie uur vertrek ikFriday at three oʼclock I will leave.

95
a. dat ik waarschijnlijk langs kom om drie uur op vrijdag.
  that I probably along come at three o'clock on Friday
  'On Friday I will probably drop by at three o'clock.'
b. # dat ik waarschijnlijk langs kom op vrijdag om drie uur.
[+]  IV.  R-extraction

R-extraction from a temporal prepositional phrase does not occur. This is not surprising, because example (96b) shows that temporal adpositions usually do not even allow the process of R-pronominalization; cf. Section 36.3.2, sub IIIB, for some exceptions.

96
a. dat Jan Marie in de oorlog heeft ontmoet.
  that Jan Marie in the war has met
b. * dat Jan Marie daar in heeft ontmoet.
  that Jan Marie there in has met
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