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This paper explores the dual property of the inverted locative PP in English locative inversion constructions. In general, the inverted PPs are assumed to be topicalized to the Spec of CP from the Spec of TP, or base-generated in the Spec of CP. However, previous approaches have some conceptual problems in some respects, such as Chain Uniformity Condition, vacuous topic movement, etc. In this paper, we propose the inverted locative PPs do not undergo topicalization to the Spec of CP, via the Spec of TP. Instead, we assume that both C and T attract locative PP in VP simultaneously. We also show that the dual property of the inverted locative PPs is captured through the parallel movement of PP to the Spec of TP and to the Spec of CP, respectively.