Re: THEORY: Question on Wackernaegel's Position
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 24, 2000, 5:17 |
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At 16:46 23.7.2000 -0400, Tim Smith wrote:
>In languages where most things like unstressed pronouns and auxiliaries are
>enclitics that cluster after the first constituent of the clause (for
>example, Serbo-Croat), does this happen in the main clause only, or in both
>main and subordinate clauses?
In all clauses -- and the rule of course applies only to older IndoEuropean
languages! :-)
/BP 8^)>
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