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9. Clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian

  • Iliyana Krapova and Guglielmo Cinque
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Clitic Doubling in the Balkan Languages
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Abstract

This paper discusses clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian. In contrast to traditional analyses, it distinguishes clitic doubling proper, which is restricted to clauses with psych and physical perception predicates, from other constructions that involve reduplication of an argument by a clitic, notably, left and right dislocation, focus movement, and the hanging topic construction. Several properties of clitic doubling proper are identified, among which obligatory doubling of quantifiers, wh-phrases, and focus phrases. These are argued to be the distinguishing features of this construction in Bulgarian, given the cross-linguistic evidence from Romance and other languages.

Abstract

This paper discusses clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian. In contrast to traditional analyses, it distinguishes clitic doubling proper, which is restricted to clauses with psych and physical perception predicates, from other constructions that involve reduplication of an argument by a clitic, notably, left and right dislocation, focus movement, and the hanging topic construction. Several properties of clitic doubling proper are identified, among which obligatory doubling of quantifiers, wh-phrases, and focus phrases. These are argued to be the distinguishing features of this construction in Bulgarian, given the cross-linguistic evidence from Romance and other languages.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Introduction: Clitic doubling, core syntax and the interfaces 1
  6. Part I. Clitic doubling within the Balkan Continuum: Rise and spread
  7. 1. Balkan object reduplication in areal and dialectological perspective 35
  8. 2. Towards grammaticalization of clitic doubling: Clitic doubling in Macedonian and neighbouring languages 65
  9. 3. The genesis of clitic doubling from Ancient to Medieval Greek 89
  10. 4. Clitic doubling and Old Bulgarian 105
  11. Part II. Discourse functional properties of clitic doubling
  12. 5. Romanian clitic doubling: A view from pragmatics-semantics and diachrony 135
  13. 6. Clitic doubling from Ancient to Asia Minor Greek 165
  14. 7. Object clitic doubling constructions and topicality in Bulgarian 203
  15. Part III. Morpho-syntactic properties and modelling of clitic doubling
  16. 8. Clitic doubling, agreement and information structure: The case of Albanian 227
  17. 9. Clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian 257
  18. 10. Clitic doubling, complex heads and interarboreal operations 289
  19. 11. Rethinking the Clitic Doubling parameter: The inverse correlation between clitic doubling and participle agreement 321
  20. Part IV. Clitic doubling within the DP
  21. 12. Romanian possessive clitics revisited 361
  22. 13. Possessive clitics in the DP: Doubling or dislocation? 389
  23. Name index 435
  24. Language index 437
  25. Subject index 439
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.130.15kra

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. Introduction: Clitic doubling, core syntax and the interfaces 1
  6. Part I. Clitic doubling within the Balkan Continuum: Rise and spread
  7. 1. Balkan object reduplication in areal and dialectological perspective 35
  8. 2. Towards grammaticalization of clitic doubling: Clitic doubling in Macedonian and neighbouring languages 65
  9. 3. The genesis of clitic doubling from Ancient to Medieval Greek 89
  10. 4. Clitic doubling and Old Bulgarian 105
  11. Part II. Discourse functional properties of clitic doubling
  12. 5. Romanian clitic doubling: A view from pragmatics-semantics and diachrony 135
  13. 6. Clitic doubling from Ancient to Asia Minor Greek 165
  14. 7. Object clitic doubling constructions and topicality in Bulgarian 203
  15. Part III. Morpho-syntactic properties and modelling of clitic doubling
  16. 8. Clitic doubling, agreement and information structure: The case of Albanian 227
  17. 9. Clitic reduplication constructions in Bulgarian 257
  18. 10. Clitic doubling, complex heads and interarboreal operations 289
  19. 11. Rethinking the Clitic Doubling parameter: The inverse correlation between clitic doubling and participle agreement 321
  20. Part IV. Clitic doubling within the DP
  21. 12. Romanian possessive clitics revisited 361
  22. 13. Possessive clitics in the DP: Doubling or dislocation? 389
  23. Name index 435
  24. Language index 437
  25. Subject index 439
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