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Arguments and Agreement
Peter Ackema, Patrick Brandt, Maaike Schoorlemmer, and Fred Weerman
360 pages
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figures and tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-928573-0
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Hardback
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28 September 2006
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- Proposes solutions to some current problems in morphosyntactic theory
- Theoretically innovative
- Based on data from many different languages
- Written by leading syntacticians
This book brings together new work by leading syntactic theorists from the USA and Europe on a central aspect of syntactic and morphological theory: it explores the role of agreement morphology in the morphosyntactic realization of a verb's arguments. The authors examine the differences and parallels between nonconfigurational, pronominal- agreement languages; configurational languages which allow pronoun drop (for example, "Is coming" for "He is coming"); languages that allow pronoun drop in particular constructions only; and languages which always require overt syntactic determiner phrases as arguments. The book considers whether the morphological properties of agreement play a role
in determining which of these types a language belongs to and how far languages differ with respect to the argumental status of their agreement and syntactic determiner phrases. The authors explore these and related issues and problems in the context of a wide range of languages. Their book will interest linguists at graduate level and above concerned with morphosyntactic theory, linguistic typology, and the interactions of syntax and morphology in different languages.Readership: Linguists at graduate level and above interested in morphosyntactic theory, linguistic typology, and the interactions of syntax and morphology in different languages.
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Peter Ackema, University of Edinburgh, Patrick Brandt, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Maaike Schoorlemmer, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, and Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam Contributors:
Artemis Alexiadou, University of Stuttgart
Mark C. Baker, Rutgers University
Hans Bennis, Meertens Institute
Ingeborg van Gijn, Walburg College
Patricia Cabredo Hofherr, CNRS - Universite Paris 8
Eloise Jelinek, University of Arizona
Olaf Koeneman, Meertens Institute
Cecilia Poletto, University of Padova
Margaret Speas, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Inge Zwitserlood, Viataal
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"I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the state of the art in Minimalist theorizing on agreement and null subjects." - Marcus Smith, Studies in Language, vol. 32:4 "These papers are valuable contributions to the field." - Marcus Smith, Studies in Language, vol. 32:4 "...a welcome revival of interest in the topic..." - Brent Henderson, Journal of Linguistics
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1: The Role of Agreement in the Expression of Arguments
Part I The Agreement - Pro Drop Connection
2: Margaret Speas: Economy, Agreement, and the Representation of Null Arguments
3: Olaf Koeneman: Deriving the Diference Between Full and Partial Pro Drop
4: Hans Bennis: Agreement, Pro, and Imperatives
Part II Microvariation i Pro Drop Languages
5: Artemis Alexiadou: Uniform and Non-Uniform Aspects of Pro-Drop Languages
6: Cecilia Poletto: Assymetrical Pro Drop
Part III Interpreting Empty Arguments
7: Ingeborg van Gijn and Inge Zwitserlood: Agreement Phenomena in Sign Language of the Netherlands
8: Patricia Cabredo Hofherr: "Arbitrary" Pro and the Theory of Pro Drop
Part IV Nonconfigurationality
9: Eloise Jelinek: The Pronominal Argument Parameter
10: Mark C. Baker: On Zero Agreement and Polysynthesis
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