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Cliticization, stress and phonological words in European Portuguese: An Optimal(ity) approach

Whereas enclitics normally appear after the verb, they occur word-internally in one variant of the future and conditional in Portuguese. After a brief presentation of the historical development of this structure, and an illustration of the problems it entails for other theories on prosodic phonology, a synchronic analysis is proposed within the framework ofOptimality Theory. Optimality Theory has two main characteristics: constraints must be ranked and complete structures are posited rather than being derived. This article focuses on the latter aspect, where the concept of metaconstraints will be introduced in Optimality Theory. Both the prosodic and the morphological structure of the Portuguese future and conditional are relevant for a discussion of the prosodic properties of these verb forms. The fact that prosody and morphology are in a complementary relation here indicates the prosodic-morphological nature of the phenomenon under discussion.