Re: THEORY: Xpositions in Ypositional languages {X,Y}={pre,post}

Hi!

Andreas Johansson writes:
> >...
> > Eu falarei        - I will speak
> > Eu falar-lhe-ei   - I will speak to him.
>
> Cool. However, an alternate analysis suggests itself: unlike  in other Romance
> languages, the reflex of 'habere' HASN'T become an ending, but remains a
> quasi-independent cliticized verb, the proof being the very fact that it does
> allow other clitics between it and the infinitive. Are there good reasons to
> reject this?
I'm quite very sure there are, but since I don't know exactly how
Portuguese behaves here, I hope someone else can provide the reasons.

**Henrik

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