This contribution proposes that constructions involving pronominal clitics encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the pronominal clitic is re-opened. This analysis enhances explanatory adequacy in the following domains: (1) pronoun acquisition; (2) the diachronic relationship between clitics and topicalization structure; (3) some of the properties of Romance clitic left dislocation
On the semantics of pronominal clitics and some of its consequences
DELFITTO, Denis
2002-01-01
Abstract
This contribution proposes that constructions involving pronominal clitics encode functional abstraction: the argument position related to the pronominal clitic is re-opened. This analysis enhances explanatory adequacy in the following domains: (1) pronoun acquisition; (2) the diachronic relationship between clitics and topicalization structure; (3) some of the properties of Romance clitic left dislocation
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