Clitics In Greek: A Minimalist Account Of Proclisis And Enclisis (linguistik Aktuell/linguistics Today)

This monograph investigates the morpho-syntactic and other properties of clitic pronouns in Greek and offers a grammar of proclisis and enclisis in light of Chomsky’s (1995, 2001a, 2005) Minimalist Program. It explores the nature of clitics as syntactic topicalizers which are probed by structurally higher verbal heads to which they move and into which they incorporate morpho-syntactically. A theory is advanced according to which cliticization derives from syntactic agreement between (the phi-features of) a clitic pronoun and a phase head, v\* in the case of proclisis and CM in the case of enclisis. Incorporation of the clitic into its host is argued to depend on two factors, i.e. the fact that the clitic only contains a subset of the features of its host, and the fact that the edge of the host is accessible. Also, the syntax of strong pronouns and their relation to clitics, of negated imperatives, of surrogate imperatives and of free clitic ordering in Greek enclisis are also discussed. This monograph would appeal to syntacticians and morphologists as well as to those interested in Greek and more generally in clitic syntax. Cover 1 Clitics in Greek 2 Editorial page 3 Title page 4 LCC data 5 Table of contents 6 Preface 10 1. Introduction 12 2. The properties of Greek clitics and their structural analysis 16 2.1 Introduction 16 2.2 Greek personal pronouns: Clitics vs. strong pronouns 16 2.3 A dynamic approach to the structure of personal pronouns 63 2.4 Conclusions 66 3. Internal structure of clitics and cliticization 68 3.1 Introduction 68 3.2 Analyses proposed for personal pronouns 68 3.3 Type A: DPs 69 3.4 Type B: Pronouns as transitive XPs 114 3.5 Summary 122 4. Derivation of proclisis 124 4.1 Introduction 124 4.2 Properties of clitics 124 4.3 Clitics as non-phases 138 4.4 Have – constructions 145 4.5 Indirect object constructions 148 4.6 Clitic doubling 149 4.7 Conclusions 154 5. Patterns of proclisis/enclisis and the role of V-movement 156 5.1 Introduction 156 5.2 De-limiting the phenomenon 156 5.3 Different types of enclisis: Syntax vs. PF 157 5.4 Finiteness: A rather problematic notion 168 5.5 V-movement 179 5.6 Conclusions 202 6. Enclisis in Greek 204 6.1 Introduction 204 6.2 The finiteness gradation: From indicatives to gerunds/absolutives 204 6.3 EPP and head movement: Extending the V domain 236 6.4 Conclusions 277 7. Concluding remarks 280 References 282 Index 298 The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 306 Preface 1. Introduction 2. The properties of Greek clitics and their structural analysis 3. Internal structure of clitics and cliticization 4. Derivation of proclisis 5. Patterns of proclisis/enclisis and the role of V-movement 6. Enclisis in Greek: the role of CM in deriving enclisis 7. Concluding remarks References.