場所を表す表現と語順

*At Kanda I saw John in Tokyo.

【和訳】

私は東京（の）神田でジョンに会った。

At Kanda in Tokyo I saw John.

【要点】

前置詞句の配列。Gruber (1965, 1976), Stratton (1971), Jackendoff (1973), etc.

【類例】

1) *In Tokyo at Kanda I saw John. / In Tokyo I saw John at Kanda. / I saw John at Kanda in Tokyo [*in Tokyo at Kanda]. / Where in Tokyo did you see John? / Where did you see John in Tokyo? / *Where did you see John at Kanda?

2) In the park under a tree on a bench sat John. / John sat under a tree in the park on a bench. / *Under a tree John sat in the park on a bench. / *On a bench John sat in the park under a tree. / *Where under a tree on a bench did John sit? / In which park under a tree on a bench did John sit? / *Which bench did John sit in the park under a tree on? / *On which bench did John sit in the park under a tree?

3) John sat down beside Tom on the sofa. / Beside Tom on the sofa John sat down. / Where on the sofa did John sit down? / On which sofa beside Tom did John sit down? / Who did John sit down beside on the sofa? / Beside whom did John sit down on the sofa?

【出典】

安井稔（編）（1987）例解　現代英文法辞典　大修館書店　pp. 337-339.