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The aim of this paper is to reanalyze the structure of Locative Inversion Construction(LI) and to suggest that the LI has the same derivation in the narrow syntax (Chomsky 1998, 1999) as the canonical construction and then has a further derivation to propose the locative PP to the left periphery. In LI the inverted constituents were assumed subjects. On the contrary, this paper will argue that the postverbal DP is a subject and that the preverbal elements are placed at the Spec of CP. To analyze the structure of LI, this paper will adopt the Split CP, which comprises include CP, TopP, and FocP. Since in terms of the checking theory of movement no free optional proposing can be allowed, this paper suggests that the preverbal element of LI has [Foc] feature and that to check the feature, the focused element that is, the locative PP should move to the Spec of FocP.