Phonological and syntactic locality of object clitics in Czech: Evidence from external sandhi
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| Rok publikování | 2026 |
| Druh | Kapitola v odborné knize |
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| Popis | This chapter examines the phonological aspects of cliticisation, focusing on how phonological and syntactic locality influence the integration of second-position object clitics with a preceding host. Integration is assessed through processes affecting voicing at the object–clitic boundary, namely final obstruent devoicing and pre-sonorant voicing. These external sandhi processes are investigated using reading tasks with Czech speakers, whose readings were recorded and analysed in Praat. The experimental results reveal a statistically significant difference between verbal and adverbial hosts, which we attribute to the fact that only the former establish a local configuration with object clitics. |
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