Number and person agreement with the subject: Downward Agree vs Spec–Head.

This paper shows that there are fundamental connections in English between nominals headed by a singular noun of the committee type and the singular and plural pronouns they/them and you with regard to their agreement behaviour for number and person. An analysis of these DPs’ internal syntax and the...

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Published in:Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Main Author: den Dikken, Marcel
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2026
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost