Cliticizing LFG

Tracy Holloway King

Abstract

Proceedings of LFG05; CSLI Publications On-line

Clitics have long been a fascinating topic for linguists because they involve intricate interactions between different grammar components, including syntax, prosody, and information structure. The two main goals of this workshop were: to present some issues and analyses of clitics in LFG so that they are accessible to the general LFG audience and to spark interest in clitics leading to further work on clitic phenomena from an LFG perspective. This paper is based on the introduction to the workshop, providing some theoretical background as well as examples of clitic phenomena likely to be of interest to the LFG community.