Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2.1. Subject clitics: data presentation |
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2.1.1. Typology of agreement in postverbal subject constructions |
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2.2. The null subject parameter: introduction |
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2.2.1. Position of the subject clitic |
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2.2.2. The null subject parameter from a minimalist perspective |
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2.2.3. Position of the lexical subject |
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2.3. Subject clitics: paradigms |
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2.3.1. Properties of clitic paradigms and the null subject parameter revised |
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2.4. Structure of subject clitics |
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2.5. Position of subject clitics |
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2.5.1. Additional evidence regarding the position of subject clitics |
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2.5.2. Languages with complementary distribution of clitic and lexical subjects: Romance and Ladin varieties, French |
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2.6. Expletive clitic: morphology |
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2.7. Nominal, phrasal, and meteorological expletives |
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2.8. Verb inflection |
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2.8.1. Verb inflection in the third person |
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2.8.2. Common lexicalizations of multiple forms in the paradigm |
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2.8.3. Structure of verb inflection |
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2.8.4. Gender agreement with finite verb |
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2.8.5. Analytic morphology of impersonal/plural |
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2.9. Conclusions |
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2.9. Agreement theory |
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2.9.1. Referential agreement with preverbal and postverbal subjects |
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2.9.2. Partial agreement: verb inflection |
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2.9.3. Partial agreement: the expletive clitic and the participle |
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2.9.4. Other properties of postverbal subject constructions |
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2.9.5. Definiteness effects |
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2.9.6. Constructions with phrasal and meteorological correlates |
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2.9.7. Finite verb agreement with objects |
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