Agreement and Null Subjects

This paper argues that agreement is a theta-role bearer, either directly, when agreement is externally merged in a theta position, or indirectly, when it is internally merged, heading an argument chain. Like true clitics, agreement is either pronominal or anaphoric in nature, hence either locally fr...

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Main Author: Christer Platzack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2004-01-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/7