7.431, Sum: Discussion of French clitic pronoun Y

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-431. Fri Mar 22 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  48
 
Subject: 7.431, Sum: Discussion of French clitic pronoun Y
 
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Date:  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:33:16 GMT
From:  wab2 at hermes.cam.ac.uk (Bill Bennett)
Subject:  Discussion of French clitic pronoun Y
 
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Date:  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:33:16 GMT
From:  wab2 at hermes.cam.ac.uk (Bill Bennett)
Subject:  Discussion of French clitic pronoun Y
 
 
I am grateful to colleagues, and especially John E.Koontz and Pierre
Larrivee, who contributed to my search for the structure of <y>.
 
I would now conclude
 
1) that <y> is a clitic pronoun (cf Marcel y va ~ <Marcel va a Paris));
 
2) that its antecedent is a prep.-phrase (cf a Paris);
 
3) that its antecedent is characterised lexically as
a) adverb of place, cf <a Paris> or as
b) adjectival complement, cf enclin <au pouvoir> or as
c) indirect object, repondre <a une lettre.>
 
Bill Bennett.
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