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...
| Published in: | Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2026
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