Clitic Placement in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

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Martina Gračanin-Yuksek
Middle East Technical University 
(joint work with Boban Arsenijević, 
University of Graz
)
Overview of the talk
 
This talk examines configurations in
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (B/C/S) in which:
 
(i)   The tensed verb is an auxiliary clitic,
(ii) The clitic is placed 
after 
or 
inside 
the first conjunct.
 
1. [
Direktor  
će
   
 
i      njegov tajnik
]
       zakasniti.
     
 
manager will and his        secretary 
 
come-late
     
‘The manager and his secretary will be late.’
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Overview of the talk
 
We argue that examinations of configurations like (1) with
different 
values of 
-features on the clitic (PL) and the first
conjunct (SG) 
support a view of agreement on which:
 
It is not a monolithic phenomenon, but rather involves
multiple steps (Franck et al., 2006),
 
It is sensitive to the kind of information that reveals it as a
syntactic
, rather than 
post-syntactic
 phenomenon (contra
Bobaljik 2006, Arregi & Nevins 2007, Marušič et al. 2007,
2015
, among others).
 
 
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The puzzle
 
In B/C/S, weak forms of auxiliary verb 
biti 
‘to be’ are
second position clitics.
Clitics can follow either 
the first phrase (1P) or the first
word (1W)
 of the clause.
2. [
Moj prijatelj
] 
je
 
   
kupio 
   
novi 
 
auto.
 
  
1P
      my   friend     aux bought new  car
     ‘My friend bought a new car.’
3. 
[
Moj
 
je
 
   
prijatelj
]
 kupio 
   
novi 
 
auto.
 
  
 
1W
      my   aux friend     bought new  car
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We assume that the position for the clitic is determined in
syntax, by an algorithm in (4), which takes as a starting point the
root of the tree and applies arbitrarily many times (Danny Fox,
p.c.).
 
4. Right-adjoin the clitic to the left daughter (provided the
operation is not string-vacuous).
 
 
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An assumption: Clitic placement mechanism
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Clitic placement mechanism: illustration
friend
NP
 
 D
0
 
NP
 
 
&
P
 
 
T
0
VP
 
 
T
 
 
A
U
X
.
c
l
. . . 
 
AUX.cl
my 
5.
The puzzle
 
Interestingly, the 1W placement is grammatical even
when the first phrase is a coordination (Franks 2007,
Mitrović 2016; contra Bo
šković 2001, 
Diesing & Zec 2017).
 
6. [
Cure 
će
   
i       
d
e
čki 
] 
pospremiti sobu
.
 
 
 girls  will and boys     tidy-up        room
 
   ‘Girls and boys will tidy up the room.’
7
. 
[
Studenti 
bi
 
        
i 
     profesori
]  sjedili za istim  stolom
.
      students would and professors sat      at same table
     ‘Students and professors would sit at the same table.’
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The puzzle
 
However, 1W placement of a clitic in a sentence with
coordinated subject is not always well-formed.
If the form of the clitic does not match the 
-features of the
first subject, the sentence is degraded
.
 
8. 
 
a. [
Ja i       moj muž
]        
ćemo
     doći     u   utorak.
 
   
 
1P
 
 
      I   and my   husband  will.
1pl
  come  in  Tuesday
 
        ‘Me and my husband will come on Tuesday.’
    b
. 
??
[
Ja       
ćemo
    
i       moj muž
]        doći    u   utorak.
 
 1W
 
 
        I.
1sg
  will.
1pl
 and my   husband come  in  Tuesday
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The puzzle
Why does the auxiliary,
which has already undergone agreement
with the phrase in [Spec TP],
seem to care about agreement
with its phonological host?
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The analysis: Background
Agreement and the position of the subject
 
Guasti and Rizzi (2002) note that cross-linguistically,
agreement with preverbal subjects is more robust and
less prone to variation than agreement with postverbal
subjects
.
They propose that this is because features that are
checked in 
overt
 syntax are expressed in the morphology,
while those that are checked at LF may, but do not have
to be expressed morphologically.
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The analysis: Background
Agreement and the position of the subject
 
Guasti and Rizzi take [Spec TP] to be the position where
the subject checks the agreement features on T
0
.
If the subject makes it to [Spec TP] in overt syntax,
agreement must be expressed morphologically.
If the subject remains in some lower position in overt
syntax, then the agreement feature on T
0
 is checked at LF
and the morphological reflex of the operation is not
obligatory.
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The analysis: Background
Agreement and the position of the subject
 
9. a. 
[Le   tu’                    sorelle]
 le      son venute
 
 
    
     Fiorentino
          the your-FEM-PL sisters    they are  come-FEM-
PL
          ‘Your sisters came.’
    b. 
Gl’e venuto 
[le   tu’                    sorelle]
         it  
is
 come    the your-FEM-PL sisters
      
               
(Examples adapted from Brandi and Cordin 1989)
 
10. a. 
[ʔAl-awlaad-u] 
naamuu.
      
            
Standard Arabic
            the children    slept-3MASC-
PL
           ‘The children slept.’
      b. Naama                  
[l-ʔawlaad-u]
.
           slept-3MASC-
SG
  the children
     
    
 
   
(Examples from Aoun, Benmamoun, and Sportiche 1994)
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The analysis: Background
Agree and agreement verification
 
Building on this observation, Franck et al. (2006
:180-181
)
propose that agreement with postverbal subjects (in their
anal
ysis
,
 
subjects in [Spec vP]) is different from agreement
with preverbal subjects (subjects in [Spec TP]).
Agreement with 
postverbal
 subjects involves only 
Agree
, an
operation which copies 
the features of the goal
 onto the c-
commanding probe.
Agreement with 
preverbal
 subjects involves an additional
verification step, which takes place after the movement of the
subject to [Spec TP]
:
 a comparison of the feature
 
values
between T
0
 and [Spec TP]
.
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11. 
Agree
     
12. Verification
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The analysis: Background
Agree and agreement verification
Proposal
Agree and verification
 
We propose that the operation of agreement verification can
explain our puzzling clitic-agreement data.
The clitic is originally inserted in T
0
, where it enters 
Agree 
with
the coordinated subject in [Spec vP] 
 values of 
-features of
&P are copied onto T
0
.
After the subject raises to [Spec TP], agreement verification
step happens between it and T
0
.
Crucially, we argue that this step also happens after the 1W
placement of the clitic: the clitic enters agreement verification
with its host.
 
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Proposal:
Agree and verification
 
Consider (13): The entire &P is 
2pl
 
(since one of the conjuncts
is the 2pl pronoun 
vi 
‘you.pl’) 
 clitic is also 
2pl
 (the value it
acquired from &P via 
Agree
)
.
Since the first conjunct is 
3pl
 (
djeca 
‘children’), 1W placement
is degraded, as snown in (13b).
13. a. [
D
jeca
      i      vi 
]           
ćete
       
nastaviti 
 
dalje
.
  
1P
 
 
       children and you.2pl   will.
2pl
 continue  further
       
 
 ‘The children and you will go on.’
       b. 
??
[
Djeca
            
ć
ete       
i      vi
]           nastaviti dalje. 
 
1W
               children.
3pl
 
will.
2
pl
 and you.
2pl
  continue further
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Proposal:
Agree and verification
 
However, if the order of the conjuncts is reversed, as in
(14), where the first conjunct is the 2pl pronoun 
vi
‘you.pl’, the 1W placement of the clitic is allowed, as
shown in (14b).
14
. 
a. [
Vi 
 
          i        
djeca
]    
ćete
        
nastaviti 
 
dalje
.
 
1P
 
 
        you.2pl  and  children will.
2pl
  continue further
 
          ‘You and the children will go on.’
      b. [
Vi
 
       
  
ć
ete
 
    
  
i 
     
 djeca
] 
   
nastaviti dalje.
 
1W
 
       you.
2pl
 will.
2pl
 and children continue further
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The contrast of (14b) with (13b) suggest that upon its 1W
placement, the clitic indeed enters another agreement-
like relation – this time with its host, in our case, the first
conjunct.
The well-formedness of (14b) shows that the placement
of the clitic after the first conjunct of a &P is good 
when
the 
-features of the 
first conjunct are identical to the 
-
features of the entire &P
 (the first conjunct is plural and is
the same grammatical person as the entire coordinated
subject).
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Proposal:
Agree and verification
Refinement I: Morphological verification
 
There is, however, another situation in which the 1W
placement of the clitic yields a well-formed outcome.
This is when 
the first conjunct is singular
, but the form of
the clitic required by the entire &P (plural) is 
syncretic
with the form required by the singular first conjunct.
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This situation is exemplified in (15).
The form of the 
3
rd
 person plural future auxiliary
, required by
the coordinated subject in (15) is 
the same as its singular
counterpart,
 required by the first conjunct, as shown in (16).
15
. 
[
Sestra i       njezin muž
]              
će
                doći   u   utorak.
 
 
  [sister  and her      husband]
3pl
 will.
3sg/pl
 come in  Tuesday
 
      ‘T
he 
sister and her husband will come on Tuesday.’
16. 
Sestra
        
će
                doći    u   utorak.
 
 
  sister.
3sg
  will.
3sg/pl
 come  in  Tuesday
 
      ‘T
he 
sister will come on Tuesday.’
 
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Refinement I: Morphological verification
 
In this case, the 1W placement is well-formed.
 
17
. 
[
Sestra      
će
                
i      njezin muž
]         doći   u   utorak.
 
 
  [sister.
3sg
 will.
3sg/pl
 and her      husband] come in  Tuesday
 
      ‘T
he 
sister and her husband will come on Tuesday.’
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Refinement I: Morphological verification
 
Given that 
syncretism of morphological forms 
ameliorates
agreement verification violations, it seems that
agreement verification does not check whether the 
-
values on T
0
 are 
identical
 with the 
-values  of the first
conjunct.
Instead, it seems to check whether the 
morphological
form
 of the clitic is compatible with the 
-features of its
host 
 
MORPHOLOGICAL 
verification
.
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Refinement I: Morphological verification
 
If this proposal is on the right track, morphological
verification is not limited to the phrase occupying [Spec
TP] since 1W position of the auxiliary clitic is arguably
not T
0
; we speculated that the clitic is right-adjoined to
its phonological host (first conjunct).
We propose that 
T
0
 enters morphological verification
with the closest phrase that c-commands it
(symmetrically or asymmetrically).
 
 
 
 
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Refinement II: Locus of verification
 
Finally, if morphological verification is the only
verification mechanism in the grammar (if what Franck et
al. (2002) call agreement verification is in fact
morphological verification), then it is potentially
recursive.
T
0
 always undergoes morphological verification with the
subject phrase in [Spec TP].
However, if T
0
 moves (as is the case with clitics)
morphological verification happens 
every time a new
configuration is established.
 
 
 
 
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Refinement II: Locus of verification
 
Recall that one case in which 1W placement of the clitic
yields a well-formed sentence is when 
the 
ϕ
-features of
the first conjunct are identical to the 
ϕ
-features of the
entire &P.
14
. 
a. [
Vi 
 
          i        
djeca
]    
ćete
        
nastaviti 
 
dalje
.
 
1P
 
 
        you.2pl  and  children will.
2pl
  continue further
 
          ‘You and the children will go on.’
      b. [
Vi
 
       
  
ć
ete
 
    
  
i 
     
 djeca
] 
   
nastaviti dalje.
 
1W
 
       you.
2pl
 will.
2pl
 and children continue further
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An illustration: A case of morphological match
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[you.2pl and  children]
 
Cl.
 
v’
 
vP
 
T’
 
&P.
2pl
 
will
 
[You.
2pl
                and  children]
 
will.
2pl
 
TP
 
&P.
2pl
 
Agree
 
MV
 
MV
 
 
An illustration: A case of morphological match
18. [You.
2PL
 
will.
2PL
 and the children]
2PL
 come.
 
However, when the 
the 
ϕ
-features of the first conjunct 
(
djeca
‘children’ 
3pl
), 
are different from the 
ϕ
-features of the entire
&P
 
(2pl), 
morphological mismatch obtains, and the 1W
placement is degraded.
13. a. [
D
jeca
      i      vi 
]           
ćete
       
nastaviti 
 
dalje
.
  
1P
 
 
       children and you.2pl   will.
2pl
 continue  further
       
 
 ‘The children and you will go on.’
       b. 
??
[
Djeca
            
ć
ete       
i      vi
]           nastaviti dalje. 
 
1W
               children.
3pl
 
will.
2
pl
 and you.
2pl
  continue further
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An illustration: A case of morphological mismatch
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[Children.
3pl
  and    you]
 
Cl.
 
v’
 
vP
 
T’
 
&P.
2pl
 
will
 
[Children.
3pl
                 and      you]
 
will.
2pl
 
TP
 
&P.
2pl
 
Agree
 
MV
 
MV
 
 
An illustration: A case of morphological mismatch
19. 
??
[Children.
3PL
 
will.
2PL
 and you]
2PL
 come.
 
Finally, if the 
ϕ
-features of the first conjunct (
sestra 
‘sister’ 
3sg
),
are different from the 
ϕ
-features of the entire &P (
3pl
), but
agreement with either yields the same form of the clitic, 1W
placement of the clitic is well-formed.
15
. 
[
Sestra i       njezin muž
]              
će
                doći   u   utorak.
  
1P
       [sister  and her      husband]
3pl
 will.
3sg/pl
 come in  Tuesday
 
      ‘T
he 
sister and her husband will come on Tuesday.’
16
. 
[
Sestra      
će
                
i      njezin muž
]         doći   u   utorak.
  
1W
 
 
 [sister.
3sg
 will.
3sg/pl
 and her      husband] come in  Tuesday
 
     ‘T
he 
sister and her husband will come on Tuesday.’
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An illustration: A case of syncretic match
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[sister.
3sg
  and    her husband]
 
Cl.
 
v’
 
vP
 
T’
 
&P.
3pl
 
will
 
[Sister.
3sg
                      and    her husband]
 
will.
3sg/pl
 
TP
 
&P.3
pl
 
Agree
 
MV
 
MV
 
 
An illustration: A case of syncretic match
20. [Sister.
3SG
 
will.
3SG/PL
 and her husband]
3PL
 come.
Interim summary
 
We adopt the 
non-monolithic view of agreement
, where Agree
(which takes place under c-command) is supplemented by the
operation of 
agreement verification
, which takes place between a
head and the most local phrase that (a)symmetrically c-commands
it 
(is not restricted to T
0
).
Agreement verification is morphological
 in nature, i.e., applies 
late
in the derivation
, following lexical insertion:
Well-formedness of examples that involve 
the form of the clitic which is
syncretic 
between the form agreeing with the whole &P and the one
agreeing only with the first conjunct.
If morphological verification is the only kind of verification process
in the grammar
, 
it is recursive 
(happens before and after the 1W
placement of the clitic)
.
 
 
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Morphological verification is 
late:
NOM-ACC syncretic objects
 
Mismatches in morphological verification
 
are sensitive to 
case
: when the 
&P,
and consequently the 
1st conjunct
,
 is non-nominative 
(
hence does not agree
with T
0
)
, mismatches do not give rise to degradation, as shown in (
21
).
 
(
21
) a. 
[
Sestru       
         
ćemo      i      
  
njenog    muža
]
            
  
pos
j
etiti  u   utorak.
        
  
  
  
sister.
ACC
.
3SG
 
 
will.
1PL
 
 
and 
 
her.ACC  husband.ACC  visit         in  Tuesday
        
    ‘(We) will visit the sister and her husband on Tuesday.’
 
  
    
  
b. 
[
Poznatog     
         
su          
 
glumca    
  
i
 
    
 
njegovu  ženu
]
       
 
vid
j
eli 
u Be
ču.
        
     
famous.
ACC
.
3SG
 aux.
3PL
 actor.ACC and his.ACC   wife.ACC 
 
seen  
 
in 
Vienna
         
  ‘(They) saw the famous actor and his wife in Vienna.’
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However, when the coordinated object phrase (and therefore, the first conjunct)
looks like nominative (due to the NOM-ACC syncretism), the degradation of 1W
placement of the clitic reemerges.
 
(
22
) a. 
[
??
Dijete                     ste
      
  
i   
    djevoj
če
]
       
razo
čarali.
        
  
  
     child
.
ACC/NOM
.
3SG
 aux.
2PL
 and girl.
ACC
/NOM 
 
disappointed.
        
      ‘(
You.pl
) 
disappointed the child and the young girl
.’
 
  
    
  
b. 
[
??
Tele                 
      
su         i 
      štene
 
                 prodali
.]
        
     
   
 calf
.
ACC/NOM
.
3SG
 aux.
3PL
 and 
puppy
.ACC
/NOM
 
 
sold
         
  
   
‘(They) 
sold the calf and the puppy
.’
 
The contrast between (21) – unequivocal ACC of the &P – and (22) – ACC syncretic
with NOM – lends support to the claim that the verification process is late, i.e., that
it applies after lexical insertion.
 
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Morphological verification is 
late:
NOM-ACC syncretic objects
 
Another piece of evidence for the late application of MV comes from 1W
placement of clitics when the first conjunct is syntactically complex and
contains pre-nominal elements that agree with the noun.
 
23
. 
[Mla
đa
                 sestra              i      ti
]   
ćete
      doći    kasnije.
 
    1P
      [
younger
.
FEM.
3SG
 sister.
FEM.
3SG
 and you will.
2PL
 come later
 
      ‘My sister and you will come later.’
 
24
. 
??
[Mla
đa 
                 
ćete
      
sestra              i       ti
]   doći   kasnije.        1W
          [younger.
FEM.
3SG
 will.
2PL
 sister.
FEM.
3SG
 and you come later
 
The degradation of (24) shows that MV follows DP-internal agreement
processes, i.e., that 
it happens relatively late in the derivation
.
 
 
 
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Morphological verification is 
late:
DP-internal agreement
 
MV must apply late in the derivation (following lexical
insertion) because it is sensitive to the morphological
forms:
Syncretic forms of clitics save the sentence,
Fronted objects that are syncretic between accusative and
nominative degrade the sentence,
DP-internal agreement operations precede MV.
 
 
 
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Morphological verification is 
late: 
Wrap up
 
So far, we have observed effects of MV only in 1W placement of
clitics in coordinated subjects.
We proposed that MV is 
recursive
, i.e., applies every time the
exponent of T
0
 (in our case the clitic) finds itself in a
configuration where a potential MV target (a)symmetrically c-
commands it (regardless of whether the clitic is in T
0
 and
whether the target of MV is in [Spec TP] or not).
These configurations may arise:
If something moves into [Spec TP] (subject, from [Spec vP],
If the clitic moves and adjoins to a different node (the first conjunct in &P).
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Morphological verification is 
not restricted to T
0
:
Long-distance moved complex subjects
 
We are next going to show that the target of MV may be a wh-phrase
in [Spec CP] (with the clitic right-adjoined to it) – a configuration in
which both the target of agreement (the wh-phrase) and the clitic
moved.
 
25. a. 
?
/??
Koj
a
                 
 
studentica
k
 
 
       
ćete
      navijati da   t
k
 
pobijed
i
?
                
which.
FEM.
3SG
 student.
FEM
.
3SG
 will.
2PL
 
cheer     that
    win
s
               ‘Which student
(fem)
 
will you cheer 
to win?’
       b. 
?/
??
Koj
a 
                 
ćete
      
studentica
k
          
navijati da   t
k
 
pobijedi?
 
 
      
which.
FEM.
3SG
 
will.
2PL
 
student.
FEM
.
3SG
 cheer
  
  that
    win
s
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Morphological verification is 
not restricted to T
0
:
Long-distance moved complex subjects
 
The fact that (25) is worse than (
26
) below, where the clitic and
the embedded wh-moved subject share 
ϕ
-features, suggests that
the degradation of (25) is due to MV, which happens between
[Spec CP] and the clitic (either in C
0
 or adjoined to the host).
 
2
6
. a. 
Koj
a
              
   
studentica
k
 
 
  
 
   
je          želio da   t
k
 
pobijed
i
?
           
which.
FEM.
3SG
 student.
FEM.
3SG
 aux.
3SG
 
want that
    win
          ‘Which student
(fem)
 
did he want 
to win?’
       b. 
Koj
a                 
je          
studentica
k
  
 
    
želio  da   t
k
 
pobijedi?
 
 
which.
FEM.
3SG
 aux.
3SG
 
student.
FEM.
3SG
 want that
    win
This argues that MV is not restricted to T
0
[Spec TP] configuration.
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Morphological verification is 
not restricted to T
0
:
Long-distance moved complex subjects
 
Although MV must follow DP-internal agreement and lexical insertion, 
MV must
precede Spellout:
MV is contingent on the 
accessibility of the values of 
ϕ
-features 
on the first conjunct and the
clitic 
 either syntax or LF, not PF.
MV is sensitive to structural information
,
 in particular 
headhood
.
 
Consider (27): here, the first conjunct is itself complex – it contains a post-nominal
modifier, whose last word 
vrazi 
(‘devils’) bears nominative case.
 
27
. 
[
Učitelj 
          
stroži 
   
nego svi 
 
vrazi 
                     
i 
     
direktor
] 
su
 
  
1P
      
 
[
teacher
.
3SG
 
stricter 
than  all  devils.
NOM.3PL
 and principal  aux.
3PL
       
izbacili 
  
dva studenta
.
       expelled two students
The
 teacher
 harsher than 
all devils and 
the principal expelled 
two 
pupils
.’
 
 
 
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Morphological verification is 
early
 (precedes
linearization/Spellout)
 
In a situation like this, the clitic can be placed in three possible places:
i.
After the whole &P (28a),
ii.
After the head noun 
+ 
its modifier 
učitelj stroži nego svi vrazi
 
‘teacher stricter than all devils’
(28b)
iii.
After the head 
noun 
učitelj 
teacher
’ (28c).
 
28. a.
 [
&P 
[
NP 
[
NP
teacher] [stricter than all devils]] and [
NP
director]] 
CLITIC  
[VP]
       b.[
&P 
[
NP 
[
NP
teacher] [stricter than all devils]] 
CLITIC 
and [
NP
director]]  [VP]
       c. [
&P 
[
NP 
[
NP
teacher] 
CLITIC 
[stricter than all devils]] and [
NP
director]]  [VP]
 
Recall our recursive clitic-placement mechanism:
 
4. Right-adjoin the clitic to the left daughter.
 
 
 
 
 
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Morphological verification is 
early
 (precedes
linearization/Spellout)
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Clitic placement mechanism applied to (27)/(28)
teacher 
 
          
 
           stricter    than  all   devils                            and            principal
NP
&’
 
NP
AdjP
 
NP
 
&P
 
 
&
P
 
 
T
0
VP
 
 
T
 
 
A
U
X
.
c
l
. . . 
 
AUX.cl
 
AUX.cl
29.
 
Any placement of the clitic inside the &P (after the first conjunct and inside
the first conjunct) is bad.
 
30
. 
??
[
Učitelj 
         
su
           
stroži 
   
nego svi 
 
vrazi 
 
              
i 
     
direktor
]
      
 
  [
teacher
.
3SG
 aux.
3PL 
stricter 
than  all  devils.
NOM.3PL
 and principal
          
izbacili 
  
dva studenta
.
          expelled two students
The
 teacher
 harsher than 
all devils and 
the principal expelled 
two 
pupils
.’
 
In (30), the 
third person plural clitic 
is immediately adjacent to a
nominative-marked NP, which is third person singular,
 so the sentence
is degraded due to the morphological verification failure.
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Morphological verification is 
early
 (precedes
linearization/Spellout)
 
However, relevant for our purposes is the placement in (31).
 
31
. 
??
[
Učitelj 
         
stroži 
   
nego svi 
 
vrazi 
 
                 
su
           
i 
     
direktor
]
      
 
  [
teacher
.
3SG
 
stricter 
than  all  devils.
NOM.3PL
 aux.
3PL 
and principal
          
izbacili 
  
dva studenta
.
          expelled two students
The
 teacher
 harsher than 
all devils and 
the principal expelled 
two 
pupils
.’
 
Here, the 
third person plural clitic 
is immediately adjacent to a nominative-marked
NP which is 
third person plural 
 the 
-feature values of the clitic 
match
 the 
-
feature values of this NP, but the sentence is 
still degraded
.
 
This suggests that the clash arises not between the clitic and the NP which it
immediately follows, but rather between the clitic and the 
head 
of the first
conjunct 
 
structural information must still be present at the time of MV.
 
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Morphological verification is 
early
 (precedes
linearization/Spellout)
 
Assuming that structural information is lost after Spellout applies, the ill-
formedness of (31) 
suggests that MV happens before Spellout.
 
Given that MV happens before Spellout, but after subject-verb agreement, it
follows that subject-verb agreement 
(Agree) also happens before Spellout,
i.e., is a syntactic operation 
(contra 
Bobaljik 2006, Arregi & Nevins 2007,
Marušič et al. 2007, 2015
, among others).
 
Similarly, if our analysis of the facts is correct, it argues that clitic placement
happens after Agree (and lexical insertion?), but before Spellout 
 
clitic
placement is also syntactic 
(
contra
 Radanovi
ć
-Koci
ć
 1988, 1993;
 
Hock 1992,
1993;
 
Zec and Inkelas 1990, among others
).
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Implications
 
Clitics in B/C/S enter an agreement-like relation with their hosts, when the
host is in the nominative case.
This relation targets morphological forms, not features
,
 and takes place 
after
prototypical agreement
 and lexical insertion – Morphological verification
.
MV takes place 
before Spellout 
 Agree 
and clitic placement are also
syntactic, pre-Spellout operations.
MV is 
recursive and not restricted to T
0
-[Spec TP] 
relation.
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Conclusions
THANK YOU!
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This examination delves into configurations in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (B/C/S) language where the tensed verb acts as an auxiliary clitic, positioned either after or inside the first conjunct. It analyzes agreement phenomena involving auxiliary verb clitics and explores different values of features that shed light on the nature of agreement in these languages, highlighting that agreement is a multi-step process. The study also discusses the placement mechanisms of clitics in syntax, with a focus on right-adjoining the clitic to the left daughter. Moreover, the grammaticality of clitic placement in coordination structures is investigated, showcasing intriguing patterns in B/C/S.

  • Auxiliary
  • Clitics
  • Agreement
  • Syntax
  • B/C/S

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  1. Auxiliary Auxiliary clitics clitics in coordinated in coordinated subjects: subjects: AGREE AGREE SPLIT SPLIT REPEAT REPEAT Martina Gra anin-Yuksek Middle East Technical University (joint work with Boban Arsenijevi , University of Graz)

  2. Overview of the talk This talk examines configurations in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (B/C/S) in which: (i) The tensed verb is an auxiliary clitic, (ii) The clitic is placed after or inside the first conjunct. 1. [Direktor e manager will and his secretary come-late The manager and his secretary will be late. i njegov tajnik] zakasniti. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 2

  3. Overview of the talk We argue that examinations of configurations like (1) with different values of -features on the clitic (PL) and the first conjunct (SG) support a view of agreement on which: It is not a monolithic phenomenon, but rather involves multiple steps (Franck et al., 2006), It is sensitive to the kind of information that reveals it as a syntactic, rather than post-syntactic phenomenon (contra Bobaljik 2006, Arregi & Nevins 2007, Maru i et al. 2007, 2015, among others). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 3

  4. The puzzle In B/C/S, weak forms of auxiliary verb biti to be are second position clitics. Clitics can follow either the first phrase (1P) or the first word (1W) of the clause. 2. [Moj prijatelj] je kupio novi auto. my friend aux bought new car My friend bought a new car. 3. [Moj je prijatelj] kupio novi auto. my aux friend bought new car 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 1P 1W 4

  5. An assumption: Clitic placement mechanism We assume that the position for the clitic is determined in syntax, by an algorithm in (4), which takes as a starting point the root of the tree and applies arbitrarily many times (Danny Fox, p.c.). 4. Right-adjoin the clitic to the left daughter (provided the operation is not string-vacuous). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 5

  6. Clitic placement mechanism: illustration 5. &P NP D0 my T NP AUX.cl friend T0 VP AUX.cl . . . 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 6

  7. The puzzle Interestingly, the 1W placement is grammatical even when the first phrase is a coordination (Franks 2007, Mitrovi 2016; contra Bo kovi 2001, Diesing & Zec 2017). 6. [Cure ei de ki ] pospremiti sobu. girls will and boys tidy-up room Girls and boys will tidy up the room. 7. [Studenti bi students would and professors sat at same table Students and professors would sit at the same table. i profesori] sjedili za istim stolom. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 7

  8. The puzzle However, 1W placement of a clitic in a sentence with coordinated subject is not always well-formed. If the form of the clitic does not match the -features of the first subject, the sentence is degraded. 8. a. [Ja i moj mu ] emodo i u utorak. I and my husband will.1pl come in Tuesday Me and my husband will come on Tuesday. b. ??[Ja emoi moj mu ] I.1sg will.1pl and my husband come in Tuesday 1P do i u utorak. 1W 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 8

  9. The puzzle Why does the auxiliary, which has already undergone agreement with the phrase in [Spec TP], seem to care about agreement with its phonological host? 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 9

  10. The analysis: Background Agreement and the position of the subject Guasti and Rizzi (2002) note that cross-linguistically, agreement with preverbal subjects is more robust and less prone to variation than agreement with postverbal subjects. They propose that this is because features that are checked in overt syntax are expressed in the morphology, while those that are checked at LF may, but do not have to be expressed morphologically. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 10

  11. The analysis: Background Agreement and the position of the subject Guasti and Rizzi take [Spec TP] to be the position where the subject checks the agreement features on T0. If the subject makes it to [Spec TP] in overt syntax, agreement must be expressed morphologically. If the subject remains in some lower position in overt syntax, then the agreement feature on T0 is checked at LF and the morphological reflex of the operation is not obligatory. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 11

  12. The analysis: Background Agreement and the position of the subject 9. a. [Le tu sorelle] le son venute the your-FEM-PL sisters they are come-FEM-PL Your sisters came. b. Gl e venuto [le tu sorelle] it is come the your-FEM-PL sisters Fiorentino (Examples adapted from Brandi and Cordin 1989) 10. a. [ Al-awlaad-u] naamuu. the children slept-3MASC-PL The children slept. b. Naama [l- awlaad-u]. slept-3MASC-SG the children Standard Arabic (Examples from Aoun, Benmamoun, and Sportiche 1994) 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 12

  13. The analysis: Background Agree and agreement verification Building on this observation, Franck et al. (2006:180-181) propose that agreement with postverbal subjects (in their analysis, subjects in [Spec vP]) is different from agreement with preverbal subjects (subjects in [Spec TP]). Agreement with postverbal subjects involves only Agree, an operation which copies the features of the goal onto the c- commanding probe. Agreement with preverbal subjects involves an additional verification step, which takes place after the movement of the subject to [Spec TP]: a comparison of the feature values between T0 and [Spec TP]. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 13

  14. The analysis: Background Agree and agreement verification 11. Agree 12. Verification 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 14

  15. Proposal Agree and verification We propose that the operation of agreement verification can explain our puzzling clitic-agreement data. The clitic is originally inserted in T0, where it enters Agree with the coordinated subject in [Spec vP] values of -features of &P are copied onto T0. After the subject raises to [Spec TP], agreement verification step happens between it and T0. Crucially, we argue that this step also happens after the 1W placement of the clitic: the clitic enters agreement verification with its host. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 15

  16. Proposal: Agree and verification Consider (13): The entire &P is 2pl (since one of the conjuncts is the 2pl pronoun vi you.pl ) clitic is also 2pl (the value it acquired from &P via Agree). Since the first conjunct is 3pl (djeca children ), 1W placement is degraded, as snown in (13b). 13. a. [Djeca i vi ] ete nastaviti dalje. children and you.2pl will.2pl continue further The children and you will go on. b. ??[Djeca ete i vi] nastaviti dalje. 1W children.3pl will.2pl and you.2pl continue further 1P 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 16

  17. Proposal: Agree and verification However, if the order of the conjuncts is reversed, as in (14), where the first conjunct is the 2pl pronoun vi you.pl , the 1W placement of the clitic is allowed, as shown in (14b). 14. a. [Vi i djeca] ete nastaviti dalje. 1P you.2pl and children will.2pl continue further You and the children will go on. b. [Vi ete i djeca] nastaviti dalje. you.2pl will.2pl and children continue further 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 1W 17

  18. Proposal: Agree and verification The contrast of (14b) with (13b) suggest that upon its 1W placement, the clitic indeed enters another agreement- like relation this time with its host, in our case, the first conjunct. The well-formedness of (14b) shows that the placement of the clitic after the first conjunct of a &P is good when the -features of the first conjunct are identical to the - features of the entire &P (the first conjunct is plural and is the same grammatical person as the entire coordinated subject). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 18

  19. Refinement I: Morphological verification There is, however, another situation in which the 1W placement of the clitic yields a well-formed outcome. This is when the first conjunct is singular, but the form of the clitic required by the entire &P (plural) is syncretic with the form required by the singular first conjunct. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 19

  20. Refinement I: Morphological verification This situation is exemplified in (15). The form of the 3rd person plural future auxiliary, required by the coordinated subject in (15) is the same as its singular counterpart, required by the first conjunct, as shown in (16). 15. [Sestra i njezin mu ] edo i u utorak. [sister and her husband]3pl will.3sg/pl come in Tuesday The sister and her husband will come on Tuesday. 16. Sestra edo i u utorak. sister.3sg will.3sg/pl come in Tuesday The sister will come on Tuesday. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 20

  21. Refinement I: Morphological verification In this case, the 1W placement is well-formed. 17. [Sestra ei njezin mu ] do i u utorak. [sister.3sg will.3sg/pl and her husband] come in Tuesday The sister and her husband will come on Tuesday. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 21

  22. Refinement I: Morphological verification Given that syncretism of morphological forms ameliorates agreement verification violations, it seems that agreement verification does not check whether the - values on T0 are identical with the -values of the first conjunct. Instead, it seems to check whether the morphological form of the clitic is compatible with the -features of its host MORPHOLOGICAL verification. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 22

  23. Refinement II: Locus of verification If this proposal is on the right track, morphological verification is not limited to the phrase occupying [Spec TP] since 1W position of the auxiliary clitic is arguably not T0; we speculated that the clitic is right-adjoined to its phonological host (first conjunct). We propose that T0 enters morphological verification with the closest phrase that c-commands it (symmetrically or asymmetrically). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 23

  24. Refinement II: Locus of verification Finally, if morphological verification is the only verification mechanism in the grammar (if what Franck et al. (2002) call agreement verification is in fact morphological verification), then it is potentially recursive. T0 always undergoes morphological verification with the subject phrase in [Spec TP]. However, if T0 moves (as is the case with clitics) morphological verification happens every time a new configuration is established. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 24

  25. An illustration: A case of morphological match Recall that one case in which 1W placement of the clitic yields a well-formed sentence is when the -features of the first conjunct are identical to the -features of the entire &P. 14. a. [Vi i djeca] ete nastaviti dalje. 1P you.2pl and children will.2pl continue further You and the children will go on. b. [Vi ete i djeca] nastaviti dalje. you.2pl will.2pl and children continue further 1W 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 25

  26. An illustration: A case of morphological match 18. [You.2PL will.2PL and the children]2PL come. TP &P.2pl T Cl. will vP [You.2pl and children] will.2pl &P.2pl v MV MV Agree [you.2pl and children] 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 26

  27. An illustration: A case of morphological mismatch However, when the the -features of the first conjunct (djeca children 3pl), are different from the -features of the entire &P (2pl), morphological mismatch obtains, and the 1W placement is degraded. 13. a. [Djeca i vi ] ete nastaviti dalje. children and you.2pl will.2pl continue further The children and you will go on. b. ??[Djeca ete i vi] nastaviti dalje. 1W children.3pl will.2pl and you.2pl continue further 1P 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 27

  28. An illustration: A case of morphological mismatch 19. ??[Children.3PL will.2PL and you]2PL come. TP &P.2pl T Cl. will vP [Children.3pl and you] will.2pl &P.2pl v MV MV Agree [Children.3pl and you] 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 28

  29. An illustration: A case of syncretic match Finally, if the -features of the first conjunct (sestra sister 3sg), are different from the -features of the entire &P (3pl), but agreement with either yields the same form of the clitic, 1W placement of the clitic is well-formed. 15. [Sestra i njezin mu ] edo i u utorak. [sister and her husband]3pl will.3sg/pl come in Tuesday The sister and her husband will come on Tuesday. 16. [Sestra ei njezin mu ] do i u utorak. [sister.3sg will.3sg/pl and her husband] come in Tuesday The sister and her husband will come on Tuesday. 1P 1W 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 29

  30. An illustration: A case of syncretic match TP 20. [Sister.3SG will.3SG/PL and her husband]3PL come. &P.3pl T Cl. will will.3sg/pl vP [Sister.3sg and her husband] &P.3pl v MV Agree MV [sister.3sg and her husband] 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 30

  31. Interim summary We adopt the non-monolithic view of agreement, where Agree (which takes place under c-command) is supplemented by the operation of agreement verification, which takes place between a head and the most local phrase that (a)symmetrically c-commands it (is not restricted to T0). Agreement verification is morphological in nature, i.e., applies late in the derivation, following lexical insertion: Well-formedness of examples that involve the form of the clitic which is syncretic between the form agreeing with the whole &P and the one agreeing only with the first conjunct. If morphological verification is the only kind of verification process in the grammar, it is recursive (happens before and after the 1W placement of the clitic). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 31

  32. Morphological verification is late: NOM-ACC syncretic objects Mismatches in morphological verification are sensitive to case: when the &P, and consequently the 1st conjunct, is non-nominative (hence does not agree with T0), mismatches do not give rise to degradation, as shown in (21). (21) a. [Sestru sister.ACC.3SG will.1PL and her.ACC husband.ACC visit in Tuesday (We) will visit the sister and her husband on Tuesday. emo i njenog mu a] posjetiti u utorak. b. [Poznatog famous.ACC.3SG aux.3PL actor.ACC and his.ACC wife.ACC seen in Vienna (They) saw the famous actor and his wife in Vienna. su glumca i njegovu enu] vidjeli u Be u. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 32

  33. Morphological verification is late: NOM-ACC syncretic objects However, when the coordinated object phrase (and therefore, the first conjunct) looks like nominative (due to the NOM-ACC syncretism), the degradation of 1W placement of the clitic reemerges. (22) a. [??Dijete ste child.ACC/NOM.3SG aux.2PL and girl.ACC/NOM disappointed. (You.pl) disappointed the child and the young girl. i djevoj e] razo arali. b. [??Tele calf.ACC/NOM.3SG aux.3PL and puppy.ACC/NOM sold (They) sold the calf and the puppy. su i tene prodali.] The contrast between (21) unequivocal ACC of the &P and (22) ACC syncretic with NOM lends support to the claim that the verification process is late, i.e., that it applies after lexical insertion. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 33

  34. Morphological verification is late: DP-internal agreement Another piece of evidence for the late application of MV comes from 1W placement of clitics when the first conjunct is syntactically complex and contains pre-nominal elements that agree with the noun. 23. [Mla a sestra i ti] etedo i kasnije. [younger.FEM.3SG sister.FEM.3SG and you will.2PL come later My sister and you will come later. 1P 24. ??[Mla a [younger.FEM.3SG will.2PL sister.FEM.3SG and you come later etesestra i ti] do i kasnije. 1W The degradation of (24) shows that MV follows DP-internal agreement processes, i.e., that it happens relatively late in the derivation. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 34

  35. Morphological verification is late: Wrap up MV must apply late in the derivation (following lexical insertion) because it is sensitive to the morphological forms: Syncretic forms of clitics save the sentence, Fronted objects that are syncretic between accusative and nominative degrade the sentence, DP-internal agreement operations precede MV. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 35

  36. Morphological verification is not restricted to T0: Long-distance moved complex subjects So far, we have observed effects of MV only in 1W placement of clitics in coordinated subjects. We proposed that MV is recursive, i.e., applies every time the exponent of T0 (in our case the clitic) finds itself in a configuration where a potential MV target (a)symmetrically c- commands it (regardless of whether the clitic is in T0 and whether the target of MV is in [Spec TP] or not). These configurations may arise: If something moves into [Spec TP] (subject, from [Spec vP], If the clitic moves and adjoins to a different node (the first conjunct in &P). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 36

  37. Morphological verification is not restricted to T0: Long-distance moved complex subjects We are next going to show that the target of MV may be a wh-phrase in [Spec CP] (with the clitic right-adjoined to it) a configuration in which both the target of agreement (the wh-phrase) and the clitic moved. 25. a. ?/??Koja Which student(fem) will you cheer to win? b. ?/??Koja ete which.FEM.3SGwill.2PL student.FEM.3SG cheer that wins studenticak ete navijati da tkpobijedi? which.FEM.3SG student.FEM.3SG will.2PL cheer that wins studenticak navijati da tkpobijedi? 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 37

  38. Morphological verification is not restricted to T0: Long-distance moved complex subjects The fact that (25) is worse than (26) below, where the clitic and the embedded wh-moved subject share -features, suggests that the degradation of (25) is due to MV, which happens between [Spec CP] and the clitic (either in C0 or adjoined to the host). 26. a. Koja which.FEM.3SG student.FEM.3SG aux.3SGwant that win Which student(fem) did he want to win? b. Koja je studenticak which.FEM.3SG aux.3SGstudent.FEM.3SG want that win This argues that MV is not restricted to T0 [Spec TP] configuration. studenticak je elio da tkpobijedi? elio da tkpobijedi? 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 38

  39. Morphological verification is early (precedes linearization/Spellout) Although MV must follow DP-internal agreement and lexical insertion, MV must precede Spellout: MV is contingent on the accessibility of the values of -features on the first conjunct and the clitic either syntax or LF, not PF. MV is sensitive to structural information, in particular headhood. Consider (27): here, the first conjunct is itself complex it contains a post-nominal modifier, whose last word vrazi ( devils ) bears nominative case. 27. [U itelj [teacher.3SG stricter than all devils.NOM.3PL and principal aux.3PL izbacili dva studenta. expelled two students The teacher harsher than all devils and the principal expelled two pupils. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 stro i nego svi vrazi i direktor] su 1P 39

  40. Morphological verification is early (precedes linearization/Spellout) In a situation like this, the clitic can be placed in three possible places: i. After the whole &P (28a), ii. After the head noun + its modifier u itelj stro i nego svi vrazi teacher stricter than all devils (28b) iii. After the head noun u itelj teacher (28c). 28. a. [&P [NP [NPteacher] [stricter than all devils]] and [NPdirector]] CLITIC [VP] b.[&P [NP [NPteacher] [stricter than all devils]] CLITIC and [NPdirector]] [VP] c. [&P [NP [NPteacher] CLITIC [stricter than all devils]] and [NPdirector]] [VP] Recall our recursive clitic-placement mechanism: 4. Right-adjoin the clitic to the left daughter. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 40

  41. Clitic placement mechanism applied to (27)/(28) 29. &P &P NP AUX.cl T & AdjP VP NP NP AUX.cl T0 . . . AUX.cl teacher stricter than all devils and principal 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 41

  42. Morphological verification is early (precedes linearization/Spellout) Any placement of the clitic inside the &P (after the first conjunct and inside the first conjunct) is bad. 30. ??[U itelj [teacher.3SG aux.3PL stricter than all devils.NOM.3PL and principal izbacili dva studenta. expelled two students The teacher harsher than all devils and the principal expelled two pupils. sustro i nego svi vrazi i direktor] In (30), the third person plural clitic is immediately adjacent to a nominative-marked NP, which is third person singular, so the sentence is degraded due to the morphological verification failure. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 42

  43. Morphological verification is early (precedes linearization/Spellout) However, relevant for our purposes is the placement in (31). 31. ??[U itelj [teacher.3SG stricter than all devils.NOM.3PL aux.3PL and principal izbacili dva studenta. expelled two students The teacher harsher than all devils and the principal expelled two pupils. stro i nego svi vrazi sui direktor] Here, the third person plural clitic is immediately adjacent to a nominative-marked NP which is third person plural the -feature values of the clitic match the - feature values of this NP, but the sentence is still degraded. This suggests that the clash arises not between the clitic and the NP which it immediately follows, but rather between the clitic and the head of the first conjunct structural information must still be present at the time of MV. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 43

  44. Implications Assuming that structural information is lost after Spellout applies, the ill- formedness of (31) suggests that MV happens before Spellout. Given that MV happens before Spellout, but after subject-verb agreement, it follows that subject-verb agreement (Agree) also happens before Spellout, i.e., is a syntactic operation (contra Bobaljik 2006, Arregi & Nevins 2007, Maru i et al. 2007, 2015, among others). Similarly, if our analysis of the facts is correct, it argues that clitic placement happens after Agree (and lexical insertion?), but before Spellout clitic placement is also syntactic (contra Radanovi -Koci 1988, 1993; Hock 1992, 1993; Zec and Inkelas 1990, among others). 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 44

  45. Conclusions Clitics in B/C/S enter an agreement-like relation with their hosts, when the host is in the nominative case. This relation targets morphological forms, not features, and takes place after prototypical agreement and lexical insertion Morphological verification. MV takes place before Spellout Agree and clitic placement are also syntactic, pre-Spellout operations. MV is recursive and not restricted to T0-[Spec TP] relation. 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 45

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  49. Informal online survey 1. Tvoj bi se brat i Toma Nikoli za dva minuta posva ali oko strana kih funkcija. your.3sg would.3sg/pl REFL brother and T.N. in two minutes fight about party positions. 2. Zelena su se bluza i utibro slagali kao da su napravljeni jedno za drugo. green.3sg/3pl aux.3pl REFL blouse and yellow brooch agreed like that are made one for another. 3. Lovac e se i njegov pas ose atinajsve ije uz na u mineralnu vodu sa ukusom jelena. hunter.3sg will.3sg/pl and his dog feel most-fresh with our mineral water with flavor of deer 41/41 35/41 20/41 4. Moja sestra su se i njen verenik ven ali tajno u scientolo koj crkvi u Bosilegradu. my sister.3sg aux.3pl REFL and her fianc married secretly in scientological church in B. 1/41 9/12/2017 FDSL 12.5 49

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