Verbal Agreement and the Grammar behind its 'Breakdown' : Minimalist feature checking.

Rules of agreement, or concord, account for the special relationship between the verb and the 'subject' that exists in most languages. In many traditional grammars, it is taken for granted that this agreement occurs and usually only the cases of 'lack of concord' are discussed. T...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gelderen, Elly van
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 1997.
Series:Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 364.

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