Abstract
AbstractThis article aims to explain the optional gemination in the elided form of the French 3rdp. object pronounsleandla, i.e. before vowel, as in [ʒəllɛvy] forje l’ai vu(e)‘I saw him/her/it’. This geminate, which cannot be accounted for in purely phonological terms, is shown to follow from a boundary shift within the morphological sequence /il+lə/la+V/, providing the 3rdp. object pronouns with a new geminate allomorph before vowel; thereby, /ll/ can spread to the entire paradigm. It is argued (a) that the resulting allomorphy is the strategy found by speakers to eliminate the irregular allomorphy of the 3rdp. subject pronounilbefore consonant; (b) that a perception grammar is needed to capture the reasons for the new allomorphy.
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