Types of syncretism in the clitic systems of Romance

In this paper I will discuss the hypothesis according to which every clitic system bears an elsewhere item, i.e., a non-specific clitic that can be inserted when the insertion of more specific items is blocked by independent constraints. In my opinion the insertion of an elsewhere clitic accounts f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diego Pescarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UPV/EHU Press 2007-04-01
Series:Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
Online Access:https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/3906