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A Probabilistic and Syntactic Account of Variable Clitic Agreement in Spanish Double Object Constructions [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers 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

open access: yesLinguistics, 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
exaly   +2 more sources

Reconstructing Clitic Doubling

open access: yesGlossa, 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

open access: yesAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1994
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Esther Torrego
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First conjunct clitic doubling in Modern Greek: Evidence for Agree-based approaches to clitic doubling

open access: yesNatural 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 ...
Leftéris Paparounas, Martin Salzmann
exaly   +2 more sources

The Acquisition of Clitic-Doubling in Spanish

open access: yesStudies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 2000
This version of the chapter has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections.
Vicenç Torrens, Kenneth Wexler
exaly   +3 more sources

Complementizer agreement is clitic doubling

open access: yesNatural Language and Linguistic Theory
Abstract 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
exaly   +3 more sources

Clitic Doubling and Dislocation of Direct Object based on Evidence from Kalhori Kurdish [PDF]

open access: yes̒Ilm-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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Persian clitics: Doubling and agreement

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages, 2017
In this paper, different functions of Persian pronominal enclitics in verbal domain are discussed. Traditionally, it has been supposed that these enclitics act as arguments, while it is argued here that they act as agreement markers as well.
Mohammad Rasekh
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Diachronic change and variation in use

open access: yesIsogloss, 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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