Abstract
Doubling in Romance languages is subject to Kayne’s generalisation, which states that a doubled object must be introduced by a preposition.
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I am grateful to Sabine Iatridou, Michael Hegarty, Spyridoula Varlokosta, Elena Anagnostopoulou and Roumyana Izvorski for their considerable contributions to the conception and expression of the ideas presented in this paper. I also wish to thank an anonymous reviewer for a multitude of constructive suggestions. I remain solely responsible for all errors.
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Dimitriadis, A. (1999). On Clitics, Prepositions and Case Licensing in Standard and Macedonian Greek. In: Alexiadou, A., Horrocks, G., Stavrou, M. (eds) Studies in Greek Syntax. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9177-5_5
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