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...
Main Author: | Christer Platzack |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2004-01-01
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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 |
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