Clitic Pronouns in Arabic: Agr Elements or Pronominal Arguments

Abstract

Abstract. Roberts and Shlonsky (1995) assume that clitic pronouns in Arabic and Hebrew are actually object Agrelements base-generated on the head they are associated with. On the contrary, we argue that clitic pronouns inArabic are full-fledged arguments base-generated in the head position of the respective argument. We aredepending upon several pieces of evidence from relative clauses, complement clauses, and genitive constructions.