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Hyperactivity and Hyperagreement in Bantu

Abstract: Many Bantu languages exhibit A-movements and patterns of iterating agreement that are disallowed in Indo-European languages. In Minimalist theory, both agreement and movement are constrained by an Activity requirement stipulating that goals in Agree relations must have an unchecked uninter...

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Published in:Lingua Vol. 121; no. 4; pp. 721 - 742
Main Author: Carstens, Vicki
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Apr2011
Subjects:
Agreement (Grammar)
Bantu languages
Pattern perception
Case studies
Language & languages
Gender
Semantics (Philosophy)
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