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In colloquial Finnish finite clauses the subject can be doubled by a pronoun. This pronoun has number but no person, and therefore can double a 1st or 2nd person pronoun as long as number matches. The doubling pronoun is in spec(Finite)P, the ‘EPP-position’, while the doubled subject remains within the TP, when it is not moved to specCP. Finnish also has subject trebling, with a second doubling pronoun occupying specCP. Doubling of a pronominal subject is shown to follow from the partial copying theory of Barbiers & al. (2007), in conjunction with a particular analysis of the internal structure of pronouns. Cross-dialectal and cross-linguistic variation as regards doubling is ascribed, at least in part, to a lexical difference: whether or not the lexicon includes deficient pronouns.
Author(s): Holmberg A, Nikanne U
Editor(s): Barbiers, S; Koeneman, O; Lekakou, M
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Microvariations in Syntactic Doubling
Year: 2008
Volume: 36
Pages: 325-349
Series Title: Syntax and Semantics
Publisher: Emerald
Place Published: Bingley
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781848550209
