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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| Language: | English |
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2019-06-01
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| Series: | Lingua Posnaniensis |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/linpo-2019-0006 |