The morphology of trapping and climbing in French causatives

Key Points

• The aim is to integrate the treatment of morphological periphrasis within the framework of Information-based Morphology (IbM).
• Discussed morphological periphrasis in French verb morphology.
• Examined composed tenses and near tenses in French.
• Explored the concept of clitic climbing as a type of morphological periphrasis.
• Illustrated interactions of periphrastic dependencies.
• Demonstrated that French verb morphology exhibits rich synthetic and analytic forms.
• Showed that clitic climbing can be understood through the lens of morphological periphrasis.
• Provided insights into the interaction of different periphrastic dependencies in French verbs.