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First person strong pronouns in spoken French

A case study in cliticization
  • Ulrich Detges
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Deixis and Pronouns in Romance Languages
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Abstract

In this article it will be argued that both from a syntactic and a prosodic point of view, the so-called disjoined or tonic pronouns of Modern Spoken French are neither necessarily disjoined nor stressed elements any more. Based on syntactic and phonetic corpus data, I will show that especially the first-person form moi is currently undergoing a process of cliticization.

Abstract

In this article it will be argued that both from a syntactic and a prosodic point of view, the so-called disjoined or tonic pronouns of Modern Spoken French are neither necessarily disjoined nor stressed elements any more. Based on syntactic and phonetic corpus data, I will show that especially the first-person form moi is currently undergoing a process of cliticization.

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