Clitic-verb non-adjacency and the inertial theory of grammatical change: evidence from the history of European Portuguese

Although clitic-verb non-adjacency is a minor linear pattern in contemporary European Portuguese (EP), it showed a significant frequency in the Classical and early Modern eras. The aims of the study are twofold. First, an attempt is made to pinpoint the contribution of the cl-X-verb model to the non...

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Main Author: Nkollo Mikołaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Lingua Posnaniensis
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/linpo-2019-0006