Agree, agreement dissociation and subject ellipsis. Towards a new characterization of the Null Subject Parameter.
This paper offers a new characterization of the Null Subject Parameter (NSP). I contend that the NSP must be modeled referring to two main properties of the Agree/agreement systems: (i) presence/absence of abstract Agree, and (ii) presence/absence of agreement dissociation at PF. The first property...
| Publicado en: | Probus: International Journal of Latin & Romance Linguistics Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 217 - 251 |
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De Gruyter
Sep2024
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