![]() ![]() Specifically, I argue that the clitic is a reduced articulation of the higher occurrence of a raised object. I provide support for this claim by considering a number of diagnostics which distinguish between clitics that reflect agreement processes and clitics that do not. ![]() Here, I argue for the latter analysis, showing that true clitic doubling, at least in Bulgarian, has the properties of movement- i.e., it does not involve agreement, as is standardly assumed for this language. However, another possibility exists: the clitic could be a (pro) nominal element related to the associate via movement then, clitic doubling involves the simultaneous realization of both the head and the foot of a movement chain. True clitic doubling has traditionally been argued to arise via agreement, so that the clitic is the manifestation of an agreement relation between a verb and the associate. In clitic doubling configurations of this kind, a clitic expresses features of its full nominal phrase associate in argument position. ![]() True clitic doubling involves multiple expression of a single argument in different structural positions. ![]()
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