Abstract
This article describes the optional 3rd person singular enclitic i in Shughni (the Pamir subgroup of the Eastern branch of the Iranian languages), which appears with transitive verbs in the past tenses. The research is based on a corpus study as well as elicited examples. Generally, the enclitic i occupies the Wackernagel position after the first constituent, but can shift due to the operation of rhythmic-syntactic barriers. Two barriers that affect the position of the enclitic are described. The first type of barrier (the subject in the first position) is caused by syntactic factors, it affects only on the enclitic 3Sg i and is gradually disappearing in the modern language. The second type of barrier (the adverbial in the first position) depends on the communicative situation and is observed optionally both in the texts of the first half of the 20th century and in the modern language. This study also describes the interaction of barriers, if they appear simultaneously, and frequency of barriers both in the modern language and in the texts of 1915–49.
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