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– Section 4.3 sets out in detail the repair of the PCC by unfocussed strong
pronouns in simple and complex constructions.
– Section 4.4 demonstrates the syntactic rather than morphological character
of the repair: the syntax of the repair differs from that of clitics.
– Section 5 establishes the character of the repair. It creates full PPs outside
the clausal Agree/Case system. The result is incompatible with applicative
interpretations, so that applicative datives like (119) are irreparable. (Appendix
A examines the inversely related ECM constructions).
– Section 4.6 demonstrates the unavailability of the PCC repair for clitic
problems other than the PCC, in and out of syntax, elaborating (118)-
(120).
Section 4.7 brings the chapter to the following conclusions: The PCC repair is
created by a syntactic mechanism that responds specifically to the PCC as a syntactic
problem, and enriches a dative defective PP to full locative-like PP independent
of the clause and invisible to the PCC. In chapter 5, the mechanism of the
enrichment is developed for the repairs in Table 4.1 generally.
4.2 French clitics
This section presents those aspects of French that prove essential here. French
proclitics usually occur in the cluster in (123) filled by the clitics in (124). They
attach to the finite verb, the infinitive, and the gerund / present participle. Table
4.2 situates them in the overall pronominal system. 55
(123) Proclitic cluster: 1/2/SE-3.DAT-3.ACC-GEN-LOC
(124) a. 1 st /2 nd /se clitics: 1SG me, 2SG te, 1PL nous, 2PL vous, SE se
b. 3rd person accusative clitics: 3SGM le, 3SGF la, 3PL les
c. 3rd person dative clitics: 3SG lui, 3PL leur
d. Adverbial clitics: locative LOC y, genitive GEN en
Table 4.2: French pronouns
Strong Possessive Weak
(-concord) subject
Clitic
1SG moi m-on/a/es je me
2SG toi t-on/a/es tu te
object
DAT/ACC, disjoint/reflexive
55 Enclitics in imperatives have different forms and order but obey the same PCC (Morin
1979ab).