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the PCC alone lets unfocussed strong pronouns take over. It may be that among
clitic-doubled structures, doubled strong pronouns must be focussed if alone but
not if coordinated; but that is an independent mystery to solve.
4.6.7 Datives in causatives
Causatives are the last case of irreparable cliticization failure. The restructuring
causative with its clitic climbing has been introduced in section 4.5. Under certain
circumstances, a dative argument of the causativized verb cannot cliticize in this
structure. Yet, it cannot assume the form of an unfocussed strong pronoun either,
as Kayne (1975) points out in comparison to the PCC repair.
The structures of interest are causatives of unergatives with a dative argument,
like téléphoner 'telephone'. In the relevant pattern of causativization, the unergative
subject becomes an accusative causee. The dative argument then cannot cliticize,
but it also cannot be an unfocussed strong pronoun: Kayne (1975: 4.3),
Postal (1981: 313f., 1984: 122), Tasmowski (1985: 316). 95
(212) a. La nouvelle a fait téléphoner Jean à Marie-Claire
The news made telephone Jean to Marie-Claire..
b. La nouvelle (*m') a fait téléphoner Jean (*à moi)
The news made Jean telephone (*me.D / *to me).
c. Cette nouvelle (*nous) l'a fait téléphoner (*à nous)
This news made him.A telephone *(us.D / *to us).
d. Cette nouvelle nous (*lui) a fait téléphoner (*à lui)
This news made us.A telephone (*him.D / *to him).
e. On la fera répondre aux policiers.
We will make her.A reply to the police.
f. On la (*leur) fera répondre (*à eux).
We will make her.A reply (*them.D / *to them).
(Kayne 1975: 4.3)
(213) a. Ces gensi vont être bien surpris. Ilse a promis de leur envoyer un SMS
pendant le spectacle, mais je la (*leuri) ai fait TELEPHONER (à euxi)
pendant la séance.
95 ECM has the same pattern, less sharply (Kayne 1975: 305f.): see section 4.6. Unergatives may
alternatively causativize as if transitive, with a dative causee, with variation (note 77). Dative
causee à-phrases of this transitive pattern also bar cliticization of a dative internal argument, cf.
(174). The use of à + unfocussed strong pronoun for it is then also bad, but the baseline of comparison
has two dative à-phrases, causee and indirect object, unhappy enough as it is. To avoid
these problems, some speakers (only) and in some cases (only) may used the mixed causative, on
which see note 77 and references there.
(i) L'amie de Clairei les (*luii) fera au postier (*à ellei/??à sesi collègues).
Clairei's friend will have the postman bring them (les) (*to heri (lui/à elle)/??to heri colleagues).