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This monograph shows that the typically obligatory nature of predicate-argument agreement in phi-features (phi-agreement) cannot be captured through 'derivational time-bombs' - elements of the initial representation that cannot be part of a well-formed, end-of-the-derivation structure, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preminger, Omer, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Case.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Agreement.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
Syntaxe.
Cas (Linguistique)
Accord (Linguistique)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This monograph shows that the typically obligatory nature of predicate-argument agreement in phi-features (phi-agreement) cannot be captured through 'derivational time-bombs' - elements of the initial representation that cannot be part of a well-formed, end-of-the-derivation structure, and which are eliminated by the application of phi-agreement itself. This includes, but is not limited to, the 'uninterpretable features' of Chomsky 2000, 2001. Instead, it requires recourse to an operation - one whose invocation is obligatory, but whose successful culmination is not enforced by the grammar.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780262323192

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