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DIRECT OBJECT CLITIC DOUBLING 131Finally, I reject the idea that indefinite DPs may be clitic doubled only whenthey are right dislocated, as has been claimed by Anagnostopoulou for ModernGreek. The main argument against the view that clitic-doubled indefinites areexclusively right-dislocated phrases comes from the fact that just like cliticdoubled definite DPs, they may occur in both languages in positions that aretypically associated with 6 marking and Case marking, that is, in A positions,such as ECM complements and subjects of small clauses, as in (7) and (8).13(7) a. Jan-i e pret nje gje re tille te ndodhe. AlbJan.the it-CL expects a thing such te happen-SUBJb. O Janis to perimeni kati tetjo na simvi. MGrkthe John it-CL expects something such na happen"John expects something like this to happen.'c. Jan-i e pret Mer-in te ankohet AlbJan.the her-CL expects Mary.the-ACC te complaind. O Janis tin perimeni tin Maria na paraponedi. MGrkthe John her-CL expects the Mary-ACC na complain'John expects Mary to complain.'(8) a. Jan-i nuk e konsideron nje vajze AlbJan.the not her-CL consider a girlte tille/Mer-insuch/Mary.the-ACCinteligjente.intelligentb. 0 Janis den tin Oeori ka/uja tetja MGrkthe John not her-CL consider no suchkopela/tin Maria eksipni.girl//the Mary-ACCintelligent'John does not consider any such girl/Mary intelligent.'It is thus my contention that clitic-doubling constructions of the type in (5b) donot differ from the doubling constructions involving doubling of definite directobject DPs other than with respect to the definiteness feature, which isirrelevant. The factors that determine clitic doubling of direct object DPs are thesame irrespective of the [±definite] status of these DPs. In this way clitic doublingof direct object DPs emerges as a uniform phenomenon and should betreated as such.The fact that both definite and indefinite direct object DPs may be doubleddoes not mean that they always can be. The data in (9) show that even definiteDPs cannot be doubled invariably(9) Do you walk to school or do you take the bus?a. Nuk shkoj ne kembe, (*e) marr autobus-in. Albnot walk with feet, it-CL take the bus