Persons and Pronouns: Exploring Clitics in Judeo-Spanish

Optional versus obligatory clitic doubling and the person-case constraint (PCC) repair constitute two puzzles researchers haven’t fully addressed. In Judeo-Spanish, is for third person accusative strong pronouns; all other arguments, optional. This analysis contends arguments are generated with corresponding clitics in syntax. The realization of regulated by functional heads: v X, a head located beneath v. X hypothesized to be probe specified only person; critically, pronouns lack features (Anagnostopoulou 2003), while bear features. alternations Agree or X. An argument that appears without co-referring derived via agreement interaction triggers deletion clitics’ phi-features, which causes them null. Overt cliticization Obligatory strictly v; cannot potential goals since they Apart from doubling, generates PCC blocking between dative clitics, causing appear matching clitic, eliminating intervention effects