Enclitic Particles in Western Abenaki: The Syntax of Second Position
In Western Abenaki, an Eastern Algonquian language, a number of enclitic particles, as well as certain cliticized words, are stationed in second position in the clause. In simple cases, second position is the position following the first phonological word of the clause, but complexities arise in par...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/anl.2011.0009 2024-03-03T08:36:09+00:00 Enclitic Particles in Western Abenaki: The Syntax of Second Position Lesourd, Philip S. 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/anl.2011.0009 en eng Project MUSE Anthropological Linguistics volume 53, issue 2, page 91-131 ISSN 1944-6527 Microbiology journal-article 2011 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/anl.2011.0009 2024-02-03T23:20:34Z In Western Abenaki, an Eastern Algonquian language, a number of enclitic particles, as well as certain cliticized words, are stationed in second position in the clause. In simple cases, second position is the position following the first phonological word of the clause, but complexities arise in particular constructions. A clause-initial conjunction may either host an enclitic or be skipped over in figuring clitic placement. A wh -word or focused expression may be skipped over as well, with clitics then appearing well inside the clause. Two preverbs that occupy a left-peripheral position appear to receive special treatment. These effects are shown here to follow from simple assumptions about phrase structure, coupled with a clitic placement rule that states only that clitics are stationed in second position within CP or IP. Article in Journal/Newspaper abenaki Johns Hopkins University Press Anthropological Linguistics 53 2 91 131 |
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In Western Abenaki, an Eastern Algonquian language, a number of enclitic particles, as well as certain cliticized words, are stationed in second position in the clause. In simple cases, second position is the position following the first phonological word of the clause, but complexities arise in particular constructions. A clause-initial conjunction may either host an enclitic or be skipped over in figuring clitic placement. A wh -word or focused expression may be skipped over as well, with clitics then appearing well inside the clause. Two preverbs that occupy a left-peripheral position appear to receive special treatment. These effects are shown here to follow from simple assumptions about phrase structure, coupled with a clitic placement rule that states only that clitics are stationed in second position within CP or IP. |
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Enclitic Particles in Western Abenaki: The Syntax of Second Position |
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