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Deriving Second Position

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Taylor Roberts
Taylor Roberts*
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York University
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Abstract

An examination of Pashto’s second-position pronominal clitics reveals that they are best regarded as agreement morphemes rather than as arguments of the verb. By base-generating these clitics as heads of agreement projections, their appearance in second position may be derived without recourse to phonological reordering rules, which have been necessary in earlier analyses.

Résumé

Résumé

Un examen des clitiques pronominaux de seconde position en pashto révèle qu’ils devraient être considérés comme des morphèmes d’accord, plutôt que comme des arguments du verbe. En générant ces clitiques comme têtes de projections d’accord, on peut dériver leur présence en seconde position sans avoir recours à des règles phonologiques, règles qui s’avéraient nécessaires dans les analyses antérieures.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 46 , Special Issue 1-2: The Syntax of Iranian Languages , June 2001 , pp. 127 - 153
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 2001

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