Arguments and agreement / edited by Peter Ackema, Patrick Brandt, Maaike Schoorlemmer, & Fred Weerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ackema, Peter, 1965- editor.

Brandt, Patrick Matthias, 1971- editor.

Schoorlemmer, Maaike, 1963- editor.

Weerman, Fred, editor.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford linguistics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Agreement.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores the role of agreement morphology in the morphosyntactic realization of a verb's arguments. It compares configurational and nonconfigurational languages and should be useful to linguists concerned with morphosyntactic theory, typology, and the interactions of syntax.

Contents:

The role of agreement in the expression of arguments / Peter Ackema, Patrick Brandt, Maaike Schoorlemmer, and Fred Weerman

Economy, agreement, and the representation of null arguments / Margaret Speas

Deriving the difference between full and partial pro-drop / Olaf Koeneman

Agreement, pro, and imperatives / Hans Bennis

Uniform and non-uniform aspects of pro-drop languages / Artemis Alexiadou

Asymmetrical pro-drop in northern Italian dialects / Cecilia Poletto

Agreement phenomena in sign language of the Netherlands / Inge Zwitserlood and Ingeborg van Gijn

'Arbitrary' pro and the theory of pro-drop / Patricia Cabredo Hofherr

The pronominal argument parameter / Eloise Jelinek

On zero agreement and polysynthesis / Mark C. Baker.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-342) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04310-8

1-280-75249-1

0-19-151591-4

1-4294-6868-8

OCLC:

609829736