Argument clauses and nominal features

Authors
Publication date 2008
Journal Lingue e Linguaggio
Volume | Issue number 7 | 1
Pages (from-to) 93-110
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract This article addresses the question of whether clauses do bear nominal agreement feature specification in Romance, and if so, what the feature set must be. To this end, agreement patterns with subject clauses and pronominals resuming clausal constituents are examined. The conclusion is reached that negative specification of Phi-features on clausal arguments (Picallo, 2000) results in default agreement (3rd person singular). However, additional factors affecting the basic agreement pattern are identified and discussed.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1418/26711
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