Slovenian Clitic Pronouns and What is so Special about Them

Abstract

Medtem ko se v večini jezikov, v katerih (kot npr. v južnoslovanskih) obstaja razlika med močnimi in šibkimi zaimki, naslonske oblike dokaj dosledno držijo sintaktičnih zakonitosti in pravil fonološke odvisnosti, se jih v slovenščini ne. Ker se jih ne, jih lahko upravičeno označimo za zelo nenavadno skupino besed, saj jim, poleg tega da se ne skladajo z njimi, celo naravnost nasprotujejo. Whereas within the vast majority of languages with any difference between the strong and weak pronouns (like in the southern Slavic) as to their use and occurrence, clitic pronouns show a rather regular behaviour according to syntactic rules and phonological dependencies, the situation in Slovenian may be considered as extremely different in that they not only do not necessarily follow the respective clitic properties, but even clearly contradict them.