The morphosyntax of -nde and post-verbal clitics in Cypriot Greek
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Natalia Pavlou
Abstract
This paper explores pronominal clitic placement in a mixed clitic placement variety, Cypriot Greek, and the restrictions on it in the presence of the dialectal element -nde. -Nde appears as a verb suffix, but imposes syntactic and morphological restrictions in the clause. We argue that -nde is a borrowed element from Turkish and it behaves as a validational marker (Weber 1986) in Cypriot Greek, expressing the truth validity of the speaker’s judgment. Challenging the true nature of clitics and affixes, the discussion focuses on the possibility of clitic-like elements appearing as suffixes. The ungrammaticality yielded with both -nde and post-verbal object clitics leads to the observation that the two need to appear adjacent to the verb.
Abstract
This paper explores pronominal clitic placement in a mixed clitic placement variety, Cypriot Greek, and the restrictions on it in the presence of the dialectal element -nde. -Nde appears as a verb suffix, but imposes syntactic and morphological restrictions in the clause. We argue that -nde is a borrowed element from Turkish and it behaves as a validational marker (Weber 1986) in Cypriot Greek, expressing the truth validity of the speaker’s judgment. Challenging the true nature of clitics and affixes, the discussion focuses on the possibility of clitic-like elements appearing as suffixes. The ungrammaticality yielded with both -nde and post-verbal object clitics leads to the observation that the two need to appear adjacent to the verb.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Why challenging clitics? 1
- Enclisis at the syntax-PF interface 27
- Clisis revisited 55
- Handling Wolof clitics in LFG 87
- Clitic placement and grammaticalization in Portuguese 119
- Diachronic source of two cliticization patterns in Slavic 135
- The Freezing Principle in Hungarian polarity, non-polarity and multiple wh -questions 159
- Pronominal markers in Cajun French 187
- The morphosyntax of -nde and post-verbal clitics in Cypriot Greek 209
- Acquisition of Italian object clitics by a trilingual child 233
- Clitic clusters in early Italo-Romance and the syntax/phonology interface 255
- Reflexive verbs and the restructuring of clitic clusters 283
- Language index 311
- Subject index 313
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Why challenging clitics? 1
- Enclisis at the syntax-PF interface 27
- Clisis revisited 55
- Handling Wolof clitics in LFG 87
- Clitic placement and grammaticalization in Portuguese 119
- Diachronic source of two cliticization patterns in Slavic 135
- The Freezing Principle in Hungarian polarity, non-polarity and multiple wh -questions 159
- Pronominal markers in Cajun French 187
- The morphosyntax of -nde and post-verbal clitics in Cypriot Greek 209
- Acquisition of Italian object clitics by a trilingual child 233
- Clitic clusters in early Italo-Romance and the syntax/phonology interface 255
- Reflexive verbs and the restructuring of clitic clusters 283
- Language index 311
- Subject index 313
