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Peer reviewedBennett, William A. – Linguistics, 1975
Clitics are explained through the interplay of different levels of language in performance. It is shown that clitic movement can be blocked on phonological ground, and accusative marked by "shwa" follows, rather than precedes, a clitic segment containing a back vowel--"vous le" or "nous le". (SCC)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Language Patterns, Linguistic Performance
