Chapter 4
Linear placement of Serbian clitics
Article outline
- 1.Overview of Serbian 2P clitic linear placement
- 2.An informal account of Serbian 2P clitic placement
- 2.1Types of host
- 2.2Fixed placement
- 2.3Variable placement
- 2.3.1Delayed placement (skipping)
- Repeated skipping
- Preferences for skipping
- 2.3.2Insertion
- Optional insertion
- Obligatory insertion
- Preferences for (optional) insertion
- 2.3.3Clause-final position
- 3.Linear placement of Serbian clitics within the meaning-text framework
- 3.1MTT constituents as “building blocks” for the linearization of the syntactic structure
- 3.2Linearization rules
- 3.2.1Sample sentences with clitics and their relevant representations
- 3.2.2Linearization rules for non-clitic elements
- 3.2.2.1Constituent building rules
- 3.2.2.2Rules for linear arrangement of constituents
- 3.2.3Linearization rules for the clitics
- 3.2.3.1Clitic cluster building rules
- 3.2.3.2Host identifying rules
- 3.2.3.3Clitic cluster linear placement rules
- 3.2.3.3.1Basic clitic placement rules (for clusters not containing the interrogative clitic particle LIINTERR)
- 3.2.3.3.2Insertion rules
- 3.2.3.3.3Preference rules for optional skipping
- 3.2.3.3.4Preference rules for optional insertion
- 3.2.3.3.5“Avoid clause-final position” rule
- 4.Summary
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Notes