Journal article
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses 1
Abstract
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the …
Authors
BÉJAR S; KAHNEMUYIPOUR A
Journal
Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 463–499
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
August 1, 2017
DOI
10.1017/s002222671700010x
ISSN
0022-2267