Closest Conjunct Agreement

Posted: 20 Feb 2019

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Andrew Nevins

University College London

Philipp Weisser

University of Leipzig

Date Written: January 2019

Abstract

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 syntax, semantics, and morphology in the expression of agreement. We highlight recent approaches to the phenomenon, including typologically diverse case studies and experimentally elicited results, and point out crystallized generalizations as well as directions for future research, including the absence of last conjunct agreement, the absence of closest conjunct case, differences between conjunction and disjunction, and the role of linear adjacency in morphological realization.

Suggested Citation

Nevins, Andrew and Weisser, Philipp, Closest Conjunct Agreement (January 2019). Annual Review of Linguistics, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 219-241, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3335705 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011718-012708

Andrew Nevins (Contact Author)

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Philipp Weisser

University of Leipzig ( email )

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