Abstract
In this dissertation it is argued that Clitic Doubling involves a predication structure where a Clitic Left Dislocated (CLLDed) expression, which is a copy of the clitic doubled expression, is the subject of the predication and the clitic and doubled expression serve as the predicate variable (cf. Iatridou (1991) for CLLD):
(a) Noun Phrasej [predicate ... cliticj-V Noun Phrasej ...]
Either the CLLDed or the doubled argument may phonetically delete. The difference between clitic doubling and CLLD is a matter of whether the topic or the doubled expression is phonetically (but not syntactically) deleted.
This proposal accounts for what kind of lexical projections allow clitic- doubling; the difference in behavior between accusative and oblique clitic doubled expressions; the impossibility of doubling QPs that contain expressions needing antecedents and other reconstruction effects; as well as the scope interpretation of doubled QPs. Assymetries between clitic doubling and CLLD are also addressed.
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