Chapter 2
Dislocation and clitic resumption in MSA
A new taxonomy
Article outline
- 2.1Left Dislocation
- 2.1.1Hanging Topic vs. Clitic Left Dislocation
- 2.1.2The current status of Arabic: CLLD vs. HTLD
- 2.1.2.1Aoun and Benmamaoun 1998
- 2.2Right Dislocation
- 2.2.1Clitic Right Dislocation
- 2.2.2CLRD in Arabic
- 2.3Clitic configurations in Arabic: A new taxonomy
- 2.3.1Terminological note
- 2.3.2Justifying the taxonomy
- 2.3.2.1The left periphery: CLLD I vs. CLLD II
- 2.3.2.2The Right periphery: CLRD I vs. CLRD II
- 2.3.3Cinque’s (1990): The question of crosslinguistic validity
- 2.3.4The proposal
- 2.3.4.1A note on connectivity effects
- 2.3.5What about islands?
- 2.4Conclusion
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Notes