Clitic phenomena in European languages / edited by Frits Beukema, Marcel den Dikken.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Beukema, F. H. (Frits H.)

Dikken, Marcel den, 1965-

Conference Name:

Workshop on "Clitic Phenomena in English and Other European Languages" (1997 : Lajos Kossuth University)

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 30.

Linguistik aktuell, 0166-0829 ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Languages--Clitics.

Europe.

Europe--Languages--Clitics--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is concerned with a number of central issues in the theory of clitics, a topic that has become much debated in recent years. Mainly written within a recent generative framework, its contrastive approach discusses these issues against the background of a number of European languages, among which the Balkan Slavic languages figure prominently. The question as to whether clitics are to be located in the syntax or in the phonology or in both is addressed in articles by Boškovič, Progovac and Franks, who also provides a thorough introductory essay to the volume. There are detailed studies on clitic behavior in Greek relative clauses (Alexiadou and Anagnostopolou), Bulgarian and English DPs (Dimitrova-Vulchanova), the various Romance languages (Franco), Slovene (Golden and Milojevič Sheppard), Albanian and Greek (Kallulli) and Macedonian (Tomič). Finally, the book contains a discourse-related description of clitic doubling in Balkan Slavic languages (Schick). The book should be of interest to any scholar, theoretical or descriptive, whose research touches upon the central phenomenon of cliticisation.

Contents:

CLITIC PHENOMENA IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Clitics at the Interface: An Introduction to Clitic Phenomena in European Languages

Asymmetries in the Distribution of Clitics: The Case of Greek Restrictive Relatives

Second Position Cliticisation Syntax and/or Phonology?

Possessive Constructions and Possessive Clitics in the English and Bulgarian DP

Agreement as a Continuum: The Case of Spanish Pronominal Clitics

Slovene Pronominal Clitics

Direct Object Clitic Doubling in Albanian and Greek

Where do Clitics Cluster?

Clitic Doubling Constructions in Balkan-Slavic Languages

On Clitic Sites

Subject Index

The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.

Notes:

Rev. papers first presented at the Workshop on "Clitic Phenomena in English and Other European Languages," which was held during the Fourth Conference of the European Society for the Study of English, Sept. 5-9, 1997, at Lajos Kossuth University in Debrecen, Hungary; with one additional contribution.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612163456

9781282163454

1282163450

9789027299253

9027299250