In Old English pronouns and short adverbs such as pa then;paer `thereu27, and ponne `thenu27tend to cluster in clause-initial position together with conjunctions as indicated in italics in the following example (cf. Kuhn 1933, Fourquet 1938, Hopper 1975, Hock 1985, van Kemenade 1987, Pintzuk 1991, 1996, 1999, and Fischer et al. 2000). ond hi hyne pa begen abroten haefdon, Beo 2707 and they-nom. him-acc. then both destroyed had and they had destroyed him togetheru27This paper examines the distribution and stress of pronouns and short sentential adverbs in Old English Beowulf and show that they are sentential clitics. As evidence for this claim, those pronouns and short adverbs that cluster in clause・initial position are metrically unstressed (cf. Kuhn 1933 and Pintzuk 1991, 1996, 1999). In addition, these elements occur in a sequence in a specific order and some of the pronouns show the phenomenon of clitic climbing. Also, personal pronouns tend to avoid clause・initial position although not demonstrative pronouns and adverbs (cf. Hopper 1975 and Pintzuk 1991, 1996, 1999). On the other hand, many of the non・clitic i.e. stressed counterparts appear to be under emphasis: they occur in pre・verbal position. In case of pronouns, they are accompanied by appositive phrases. Also, the first and the second person pronouns are more often stressed than the third person pronouns presumably because they are discourse prominent.
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机译：在古英语代词和短副词中，例如pa then; paer`the u27和ponne`then u27 n趋向于聚集在从句初始位置，并带有连词，如以下示例中的斜体所示（参见Kuhn 1933，Fourquet 1938） （Hopper 1975，Hock 1985，van Kemenade 1987，Pintzuk 1991、1996、1999和Fischer等人2000）。 ond hi hyne pa begen abroten haefdon，Beo 2707 and them-nom。他-acc。然后研究了古英语Beowulf中代词和短句副词的分布和重音，表明它们是句法气候。作为这一主张的证据，聚集在从句·初始位置的那些代词和短副词在度量上没有应力（参见Kuhn 1933和Pintzuk 1991，1996，1999）。此外，这些元素以特定顺序依次出现，并且某些代词显示出攀爬现象。同样，人称代词倾向于避免从句，初始位置，尽管不是指示性代词和副词（cf. Hopper 1975 and Pintzuk 1991，1996，1999）。另一方面，许多非气候的，即有压力的对应物似乎受到了强调：它们出现在前，口头位置。在代词的情况下，它们伴随有定语短语。同样，第一人称和第二人称代词比第三人称代词更容易受到压力，这可能是因为它们在话语方面很突出。
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