Clitic placement in the Romanian verbal complex
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Paola Monachesi
Abstract
The clitic system of Romanian includes negation, auxiliaries, pronouns and intensifiers which cluster around the verb in a fixed order. I argue that these clitics do not constitute a uniform class: pronominal clitics and intensifiers have affixal status and they combine with the host as result of lexical processes. On the other hand, auxiliaries and negation have word status and combine with the verb by means of syntactic processes. Under this view, the order of the clitics in the verbal complex doesn’t need to be stipulated as in previous generative analyses, but it is the expected one given the different status of the clitics and the appropriate division of labor between the lexicon and syntax.
Abstract
The clitic system of Romanian includes negation, auxiliaries, pronouns and intensifiers which cluster around the verb in a fixed order. I argue that these clitics do not constitute a uniform class: pronominal clitics and intensifiers have affixal status and they combine with the host as result of lexical processes. On the other hand, auxiliaries and negation have word status and combine with the verb by means of syntactic processes. Under this view, the order of the clitics in the verbal complex doesn’t need to be stipulated as in previous generative analyses, but it is the expected one given the different status of the clitics and the appropriate division of labor between the lexicon and syntax.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- Clitics from different perspectives 1
- The tonal phonology of Yoruba clitics 31
- Adjective-clitic combinations in the Greek DP 63
- Free clitics and bound affixes 85
- Clitics and coordination in linear structure 121
- The acquisition of clitics and strong pronouns in Catalan 161
- The prosodic representation of clitics in Irish 181
- Positioning Romanian verbal clitics at PF 219
- Clitic placement in the Romanian verbal complex 255
- Romanian definite articles are not clitics 295
- Clitics in the Srpske narodne pjesme 325
- Verbal clitics in Bulgarian 355
- Operator clitics 387
- Doubling and possession 405
- Name index 433
- Subject index 437
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Acknowledgements xi
- Clitics from different perspectives 1
- The tonal phonology of Yoruba clitics 31
- Adjective-clitic combinations in the Greek DP 63
- Free clitics and bound affixes 85
- Clitics and coordination in linear structure 121
- The acquisition of clitics and strong pronouns in Catalan 161
- The prosodic representation of clitics in Irish 181
- Positioning Romanian verbal clitics at PF 219
- Clitic placement in the Romanian verbal complex 255
- Romanian definite articles are not clitics 295
- Clitics in the Srpske narodne pjesme 325
- Verbal clitics in Bulgarian 355
- Operator clitics 387
- Doubling and possession 405
- Name index 433
- Subject index 437
