Chapter 17
Non-verbal predication and clitics in Aromanian
This paper discusses predicational structures in
some Aromanian varieties which involve PP or AP predicates combining
with the copula be. In these structures the internal
argument and subject of be is cross-referenced by an
accusative clitic, as long as it is 3rd person and a topic. However,
Individual-Level APs typically resist cliticisation. We propose that
the clitic is the spell-out of topic and gender/number features
available in Stage-Level predicates only (a spatio-temporal argument
à la Kratzer 1995), with
which the subject agrees, before agreeing with T. We argue that this
structural property captures the restriction to Stage-Level predicate subject topics, the person restriction, and also the fact
that the clitic behaves like a direct object clitic
morphosyntactically.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Socio-linguistic background and methodology
- 3.The phenomenon and its distribution
- 3.1The general picture
- 3.2Environments in which the ia-clitic is found
- 3.3Further restrictions: The DP subject is a topic
- 4.The analysis
- 4.1The structural properties of ia-clitics
- 4.2Implications
- 5.Conclusion
-
Acknowledgements
-
Notes
-
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