A note on subject clitics in Akan

This paper is concerned with the analysis of pronominal subject clitics (SCLs) in Akan within the Priniciples and Parameters framework of syntactic theory. Two kinds of analysis are considered: one, where the SCL is a true pronoun, generated in an argument position (the argument analysis); the other...

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Autor principal:	Richard Campbell
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1998
Materias:	pronouns clitics Akan agreement subjects Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ad3bc6f527c4ee8931a99d6cec1f14a2021-11-19T03:53:51ZA note on subject clitics in Akan10.32473/sal.v27i1.1073870039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/9ad3bc6f527c4ee8931a99d6cec1f14a1998-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107387https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper is concerned with the analysis of pronominal subject clitics (SCLs) in Akan within the Priniciples and Parameters framework of syntactic theory. Two kinds of analysis are considered: one, where the SCL is a true pronoun, generated in an argument position (the argument analysis); the other, where the SCL is an inflectional element residing in Infl, which identifies a null pronominal (pro) in subject position (the pro analysis). On the basis of the distribution of null objects in causative constructions, it is argued that the pro analysis provides a more elegant account of the facts of Akan than does the argument analysis. Akan is therefore analyzed as a pro-drop, or null subject, language, permitting null pronominal subjects under certain circumstances. Finally, possible implications for Universal Grammar are considered.Richard CampbellLibraryPress@UFarticlepronounscliticsAkanagreementsubjectsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 27, Iss 1 (1998)
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description	This paper is concerned with the analysis of pronominal subject clitics (SCLs) in Akan within the Priniciples and Parameters framework of syntactic theory. Two kinds of analysis are considered: one, where the SCL is a true pronoun, generated in an argument position (the argument analysis); the other, where the SCL is an inflectional element residing in Infl, which identifies a null pronominal (pro) in subject position (the pro analysis). On the basis of the distribution of null objects in causative constructions, it is argued that the pro analysis provides a more elegant account of the facts of Akan than does the argument analysis. Akan is therefore analyzed as a pro-drop, or null subject, language, permitting null pronominal subjects under certain circumstances. Finally, possible implications for Universal Grammar are considered.
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A note on subject clitics in Akan

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