In this paper, I discuss the hypothesis that two morphological classes of clitic pronouns, namely morphologically simple and morphologically complex clitic pronouns, should be distinguished: the former class consists of only one morpheme, the latter of two (or more) morphemes. On the basis of Italian data, I show that the two types not only differ in their morphological make-up, but also in their syntactic behaviour: while morphologically simple clitic pronouns can enter clitic clusters without any restrictions, morphologically complex ones cannot appear as the first element of true clitic clusters (but can occur in split clitic configurations, Kayne 1994:21). This restriction can be used to explain the well-known spurious se phenomenon found in Spanish.
Morphologically Complex Clitic Pronouns and Spurious se Once Again
CARDINALETTI, Anna
2010-01-01
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In this paper, I discuss the hypothesis that two morphological classes of clitic pronouns, namely morphologically simple and morphologically complex clitic pronouns, should be distinguished: the former class consists of only one morpheme, the latter of two (or more) morphemes. On the basis of Italian data, I show that the two types not only differ in their morphological make-up, but also in their syntactic behaviour: while morphologically simple clitic pronouns can enter clitic clusters without any restrictions, morphologically complex ones cannot appear as the first element of true clitic clusters (but can occur in split clitic configurations, Kayne 1994:21). This restriction can be used to explain the well-known spurious se phenomenon found in Spanish.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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