4. Clitic doubling and Old Bulgarian
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Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova
Abstract
In this paper we address the origin of the phenomenon of clitic doubling in the Balkan linguistic continuum based in data from the earliest Old Bulgarian manuscripts. We argue that our data witness instances of what we consider clitic doubling proper, similar to the Modern Bulgarian phenomenon of the same type. Our analysis is substantiated by general considerations related to the overall OV structure of Old Bulgarian (cf. Dimitrova-Vulchanova & Vulchanov, in press; Pancheva 2005) and a distinction between clitic doubling and other related constructions, such as e.g., clitic left dislocation, the hanging topic construction and clitic right dislocation. We consider clitic doubling in Old Bulgarian and its Modern parallel as exclusively sanctioned by a specific Information structure value we currently define as [+contrastive topic], which is a sufficient trigger for the surfacing of doubling clitics. Our analysis is justified on the basis of the discourse properties of the earliest instances of the phenomenon and the clear parallel with Modern Bulgarian on the one hand, the parallel with other modern Balkan languages, such as Albanian (cf. Kallulli, this volume) and Macedonian (Tomić, this volume) on the other.
Abstract
In this paper we address the origin of the phenomenon of clitic doubling in the Balkan linguistic continuum based in data from the earliest Old Bulgarian manuscripts. We argue that our data witness instances of what we consider clitic doubling proper, similar to the Modern Bulgarian phenomenon of the same type. Our analysis is substantiated by general considerations related to the overall OV structure of Old Bulgarian (cf. Dimitrova-Vulchanova & Vulchanov, in press; Pancheva 2005) and a distinction between clitic doubling and other related constructions, such as e.g., clitic left dislocation, the hanging topic construction and clitic right dislocation. We consider clitic doubling in Old Bulgarian and its Modern parallel as exclusively sanctioned by a specific Information structure value we currently define as [+contrastive topic], which is a sufficient trigger for the surfacing of doubling clitics. Our analysis is justified on the basis of the discourse properties of the earliest instances of the phenomenon and the clear parallel with Modern Bulgarian on the one hand, the parallel with other modern Balkan languages, such as Albanian (cf. Kallulli, this volume) and Macedonian (Tomić, this volume) on the other.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Clitic doubling, core syntax and the interfaces 1
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Part I. Clitic doubling within the Balkan Continuum: Rise and spread
- 1. Balkan object reduplication in areal and dialectological perspective 35
- 2. Towards grammaticalization of clitic doubling: Clitic doubling in Macedonian and neighbouring languages 65
- 3. The genesis of clitic doubling from Ancient to Medieval Greek 89
- 4. Clitic doubling and Old Bulgarian 105
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Part II. Discourse functional properties of clitic doubling
- 5. Romanian clitic doubling: A view from pragmatics-semantics and diachrony 135
- 6. Clitic doubling from Ancient to Asia Minor Greek 165
- 7. Object clitic doubling constructions and topicality in Bulgarian 203
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Part III. Morpho-syntactic properties and modelling of clitic doubling
- 8. Clitic doubling, agreement and information structure: The case of Albanian 227
- 9. Clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian 257
- 10. Clitic doubling, complex heads and interarboreal operations 289
- 11. Rethinking the Clitic Doubling parameter: The inverse correlation between clitic doubling and participle agreement 321
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Part IV. Clitic doubling within the DP
- 12. Romanian possessive clitics revisited 361
- 13. Possessive clitics in the DP: Doubling or dislocation? 389
- Name index 435
- Language index 437
- Subject index 439
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Clitic doubling, core syntax and the interfaces 1
-
Part I. Clitic doubling within the Balkan Continuum: Rise and spread
- 1. Balkan object reduplication in areal and dialectological perspective 35
- 2. Towards grammaticalization of clitic doubling: Clitic doubling in Macedonian and neighbouring languages 65
- 3. The genesis of clitic doubling from Ancient to Medieval Greek 89
- 4. Clitic doubling and Old Bulgarian 105
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Part II. Discourse functional properties of clitic doubling
- 5. Romanian clitic doubling: A view from pragmatics-semantics and diachrony 135
- 6. Clitic doubling from Ancient to Asia Minor Greek 165
- 7. Object clitic doubling constructions and topicality in Bulgarian 203
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Part III. Morpho-syntactic properties and modelling of clitic doubling
- 8. Clitic doubling, agreement and information structure: The case of Albanian 227
- 9. Clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian 257
- 10. Clitic doubling, complex heads and interarboreal operations 289
- 11. Rethinking the Clitic Doubling parameter: The inverse correlation between clitic doubling and participle agreement 321
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Part IV. Clitic doubling within the DP
- 12. Romanian possessive clitics revisited 361
- 13. Possessive clitics in the DP: Doubling or dislocation? 389
- Name index 435
- Language index 437
- Subject index 439
