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A Probabilistic and Syntactic Account of Variable Clitic Agreement in Spanish Double Object Constructions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In Spanish clitic-doubling constructions, the clitic should agree in number with its coreferential doubled noun phrase. However, the present corpus analysis with data from 21 Spanish varieties reveals that, under certain structural configurations, number
Gustavo Guajardo
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Pronominalization and clitic doubling in Syrian and Omani Arabic
Linguistics, 2022 This article treats cliticization of a pronoun to a syntactic host and doubling of the clitic pronoun with a non-pronominal counterpart in Syrian and Omani Arabic.
Peter Hallman
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Reconstructing Clitic Doubling
Glossa, 2019 This paper systematically investigates reconstruction properties of Greek clitic doubled objects, motivates an analysis, and shows how this new evidence distinguishes between the numerous existing analyses of Clitic Doubling (CD).
Nikos Angelopoulos
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On the nature of clitic doubling
Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1994 -
Esther Torrego
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Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2023 AbstractWe investigate the syntax of the hitherto understudied phenomenon of first conjunct clitic doubling, with reference to Modern Greek. We argue that it provides crucial evidence against movement-based approaches to clitic doubling, which would incorrectly rule out first conjunct clitic doubling as a violation of the Coordinate Structure ...
Martin Salzmann, Leftéris Paparounas
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Optional subject indexing in spontaneous speech in Modern Persian [PDF]
LinguisticsThis article presents a case of (non-canonical) optional subject marking observed exclusively in spontaneous speech. Persian is a pro-drop language with obligatory subject agreement marked by verbal suffixes and a set of clitic pronouns serving different
Faghiri Pegah
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Complementizer agreement is clitic doubling
Natural Language and Linguistic TheoryAbstract Complementizer agreement in minority and nonstandard West Germanic languages is well-known and frequently studied, but there is little agreement on its analysis. In this paper, I add to this debate by presenting novel and underdiscussed data from Frisian and Limburgian on intervention effects: what happens to complementizer agreement
Astrid Van Alem
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THE ROLE OF CLITIC DOUBLING IN THE INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE [PDF]
Езиков свят, 2023 This paper attempts to argue whether the repetition of the object or clitic doubling as a syntactic mechanism affects the encoding of the information structure in the Albanian language.
Qëndresa JAKUPI
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Clitic Doubling and Dislocation of Direct Object based on Evidence from Kalhori Kurdish [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2020 The present study aimed at investigating clitic doubling in Kalhori Kurdish. The implications of clitic doubling for Kurdish syntax were also investigated.
Sara Ahmadi, Habib Gohari
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Diachronic change and variation in use
Isogloss, 2023 Previous studies have demonstrated that in spontaneous speech, Rioplatense Spanish speakers—in contrast to speakers of Peninsular Spanish—sometimes produce clitic-doubled accusative nominal objects.
Esther Rinke +2 more
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