出版社：Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
摘要：Clitic placement in European Portuguese (EP) differs significantly from that of other Romance languages. Specifically, EP typically exhibits enclitics whereas in other Romance languages proclitics are found. Environments which trigger proclisis in EP generally have no effect on clitic placement in other Romance languages. EP also exhibits an apparent endoclitic structure in future and condition forms, in which the clitic is found between the verb stem and subject agreement. I propose a version of the Tobler-Mussafia law to account for this phenomenon, updated for a current Minimalist Program framework. I propose that clitics cannot occur at the phonological border of a strong phase. If the clitic does appear in this position, the verb must raise past the clitic. Furthermore, I argue that EP possesses the following clause structure: TopP>CP>AdvsP>NegP>IP>vP>VP. The resurrection of the Tobler-Mussafia law accounts for the three types of clitics in a heterogeneous set of environments in EP.
