Emonds (1976) は話題の話題化はうめ込み文では非文となると言っている。
a. I feared that John examined each part carefully.
b. *I feared that each part John examined carefully. (Emonds 1976: 31)
a. Into that house ran the boys.
b. *That house into ran the boys. (Emonds 1976: 31)
a. I never swept these steps with a broom.
b. *These steps never did I sweep with a broom. (Emonds 1976: 31)