04016nam 2200661 a 450 991081655220332120240516175555.03-11-095999-210.1515/9783110959994(CKB)2670000000249640(EBL)937542(OCoLC)843635609(SSID)ssj0000665714(PQKBManifestationID)11476687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000665714(PQKBWorkID)10646737(PQKB)10229049(WaSeSS)Ind00020519(DE-B1597)45585(OCoLC)979755142(DE-B1597)9783110959994(Au-PeEL)EBL937542(CaPaEBR)ebr10591386(MiAaPQ)EBC937542(EXLCZ)99267000000024964019970916d1997 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrVerbal agreement and the grammar behind its "breakdown" minimalist feature checking /Elly van Gelderen1st ed.Tübingen Niemeyer19971 online resource (236 p.)Linguistische Arbeiten,0344-6727 ;364Description based upon print version of record.3-484-30364-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and indexes.Front matter --Introduction --1 Lack of Agreement with Verb Subject I: Empty Expletives --2 Past Participle Agreement: Lack of Agreement with Verb Object --3 Lack of Agreement with Verb Subject II: Government --4 Lack of Agreement in Wh-Structures --5 The History of There --6 There-Expletives --7 Expletive It --8 Argument It: with and without Features --9 Indefinites: The Grammaticalization of Nouns --10 Coordinated Structures --11 Conclusion: Further Issues Regarding Agreement --References --Index of Authors --Index of SubjectsThis book is about what the 'lack' of agreement indicates about the structure of language. Rather than assuming that mistakes occur in languages, disagreement can be seen as an indication of a certain structural relationship. In a Minimalist framework, the partial agreement or complete lack of agreement is determined by when checking of case and agreement takes place and with what nominal element. Earlier work has shown that there may be variation regarding the number of functional categories a language activates. If that account is correct, languages with fewer functional categories (Dutch and Old English) will also have fewer specifiers and therefore less Spec-Head agreement. In these cases, government will play a role in the checking of case and agreement. There are, however, other reasons for the 'breakdown'. For instance, expletives play a major role and they may only be specified for some features (number or person) and when they agree with the verb, the 'real' subject does not. Two additional reasons are discussed: the impact from grammaticalization and from asymmetrical (e.g. coordinate) structures. The focus is on Modern, Old and Middle English and Dutch, but other Germanic languages (German, Swedish, Yiddish), Romance languages (Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish), Arabic, Chamorro, Hebrew, Hopi, Kirundi, O'odham, Navajo, and Urdu/Hindi are discussed as well.Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;364.Grammar, Comparative and generalAgreementMinimalist theory (Linguistics)Generative grammarGrammar, Comparative and generalAgreement.Minimalist theory (Linguistics)Generative grammar.415ET 680rvkGelderen Elly van168043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816552203321Verbal agreement and the grammar behind its breakdown480398UNINA