The prosody-syntax interface and the status of pronouns in Papiamentu

This paper shows that a distinction should be made between weak and strong pronouns in Papiamentu. The members of the weak series are prosodically and distributionally deficient, in contrast with those of the strong series. Their prosodic deficiency means that weak pronouns need to be prosodically l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silvia Kouwenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2007-06-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/150