TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hein, Johannes
A1  - Barnickel, Katja
T1  - Replication of R-pronouns in German dialects
JF  - Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft : ZS
N2  - A considerable number of German dialects exhibit doubled R-pronouns with pronominal adverbs (dadamit, dadafur, dadagegen). At first sight, this type of in situ replication seems to be completely redundant since its occurrence is independent of R-pronoun extraction/movement. The main purpose of this paper is to account for (i) the difference between dialects with regard to replication of R-pronouns and (ii) why an (apparently redundant) process of replication occurs. Following Muller (2000a), who considers R-pronouns to be a repair phenomenon, we present an analysis in the framework of Optimality Theory. We argue that replication of R-pronouns is a consequence of different rankings of universal requirements like e.g. the Inclusiveness Condition, the Lexical Integrity Hypothesis and Antilocality and that the interaction of these constraints results in the occurrence of replication.
KW  - R-pronouns
KW  - Optimality Theory
KW  - doubling
KW  - German
KW  - dialectal variation
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2018-0009
SN  - 0721-9067
SN  - 1613-3706
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
SP  - 171
EP  - 204
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
CY  - Berlin
ER  -