Abstract This article argues that variation in how 3rd person clitic combinations are solved across Catalan varieties depends on the internal morphosyntactic shape of the dative clitic in each variety. We argue that the dative clitic in Valencian Catalan is an inherently case-marked pronominal form (KP), while non Valencian Catalan varieties, that contain a locative clitic, build the dative as a definite locative pronominal which receives structural case. This allows Valencian Catalan to license each clitic in a different area, while non Valencian Catalan is forced to license a sequence of clitics in the same area, with the result that the two forms compete with each other for the licensing by the same head, leading to surface impoverishment of the sequence. Our analysis provides an explanation of these impoverishments as simple syntactic competition for licensing by the same set of heads, making OCP effects in morphology or syntax unnecessary as analytical devices for such cases.

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加泰罗尼亚地区变种的第三人称气候组合：和性气候的性质的后果

摘要本文认为，在加泰罗尼亚品种中，如何解决第三人称气候组合的差异取决于每个品种中指示性气候的内部形态句法形状。我们认为，巴伦西亚加泰罗尼亚语中的定格性格是一种固有的区分大小写的代词形式（KP），而包含定位性格格的非巴伦西亚加泰罗尼亚语变体则将该格言构建为一个确定的位置式代名词，并接受结构格。这样一来，巴伦西亚加泰罗尼亚人就可以在不同地区许可每个气候，而非巴伦西亚加泰罗尼亚语则被迫在同一地区许可一系列气候，结果两种形式相互竞争，由同一负责人竞争，从而导致表面上的贫困。