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Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
edited by Donald Baumer, David Montero, and Michael Scanlon

ISBN 1-57473-415-6 library binding
vii+461 pages
publication date: 2006
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA

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Abstract

Noureddine Elouazizi and Martina Wiltschko
The Categorial Status of (Anti-) (Anti-) Agreement
150-158 (complete pdf)

This paper argues that subject-verb agreement comes in at least three different categories: D-agreement, phi-agreement, and n-agreement. Each of these agreement categories is associated with predictable distributional properties that are derived from its categorial properties. D-agreement (as instantiated in Standard Arabic) associates with C and establishes an agreement relation with the discourse subject; phi-agreement (as instantiated in English) associates with T and establishes an agreement relation with the grammatical subject; and n-agreement (as instantiated in Tarifyt Berber and Halkomelem Salish) associates with v and establishes an agreement relation with the thematic subject. It is shown that the category of agreement determines its behaviour in the context of Subject A'-movement.


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