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Contents

1 Definitions and examples

2 Earlier attempts at explanation

2.1. Non-explanation

2.2. A ban on doubly filled slots

2.3. The constraint is inviolable and innate

2.4. A clash between positional alignment requirements

2.5. Markedness of person and case values

2.6. Harmonic association of person and role scales

2.7. Minimalist accounts in terms of feature checking

3 A usage-based explanation

3.1. Usage-grammar correspondences

3.2. The Frequency Condition on Grammaticalization

3.3. Further examples of grammaticalization processes

3.4. The explanation of the DPRC

4 The frequencies of pronoun combinations

5 Interim summary

6 Some extensions of the usage-based explanation

6.1. How important is frequency?

6.2. More harmonic association with Recipient and Theme

6.3. Generalizing the DPRC: The Ditransitive Topicality-Role Constraint

6.4. Weak, strong, and superstrong DPRC

6.5. The Monotransitive Person-Role Constraint

6.6. An analysis in terms of functional Optimality Theory and Harmonic Alignment

7 Conclusion

References

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