Heritage languages and their speakers: Opportunities and challenges for linguistics

E Benmamoun, S Montrul, M Polinsky - Theoretical linguistics, 2013 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we bring to the attention of the linguistic community recent research on
heritage languages. Shifting linguistic attention from the model of a monolingual speaker to …

Closest conjunct agreement

A Nevins, P Weisser - Annual Review of Linguistics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Closest conjunct agreement is of great theoretical interest in terms of what it reveals about
the structure of coordination; the locality of agreement relations; and the interaction between …

[LIBRO][B] Morphotactics: Basque auxiliaries and the structure of spellout

K Arregi, A Nevins - 2012 - books.google.com
This comprehensive treatment of several phenomena in Distributed Morphology explores a
number of topics of high relevance to current linguistic theory. It examines the structure of the …

The grammars of conjunction agreement in Slovenian

F Marušič, AI Nevins, W Badecker - Syntax, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we report on the results of five experiments documenting the existence of three
distinct grammars of conjunct agreement in Slovenian, found both within and across …

Locating agreement in grammar: An argument from agreement in conjunctions

R Bhatt, M Walkow - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2013 - Springer
Abstract In Hindi-Urdu, T (ense) can agree with non-overtly case-marked subjects or objects.
Despite being controlled by the same head and being sensitive to the same morphological …

The syntax of semantic agreement in English1

PW Smith - Journal of Linguistics, 2017 - cambridge.org
This paper investigates the properties of plural agreement that is triggered by collective
nouns in British English. Both singular and plural agreement are able to appear with these …

Feature mismatches: Consequences for syntax, morphology and semantics

PW Smith - 2015 - digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu
In this dissertation, I investigate the nature of grammatical features and propose that a
grammatical feature is split into two halves: one half (uF) that is legible to the morphological …

Anaphora and agreement in the Turkish DP: Delimiting binding-through-Agree

L Paparounas, F Akkuş - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2024 - Springer
Whether the operation Agree should be taken to underlie anaphoric binding has been the
topic of much recent debate. In this paper, we provide a novel empirical argument in favor of …

Closest conjunct agreement is an illusion

A Murphy, Z Puškar - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2018 - Springer
Much recent work on closest conjunct agreement has argued that Agree must be sensitive to
linear order. In this paper, we argue that the 'closest'aspect of this phenomenon is in fact …

[LIBRO][B] Derived coordination: A minimalist perspective on clause chains, converbs and asymmetric coordination

P Weisser - 2015 - books.google.com
This monograph explores the different types of clausal relations in the world's languages. In
the recent literature, there have been claims that the strict dichotomy of subordination and …