Number mismatches in coordination: an LFG analysis
In some languages, including Russian and Italian, it is possible for a plural noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives. At the same time, it is possible for a singular noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives, but for the reference of the noun phra...
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| author | Belyaev, O Dalrymple, M Lowe, J |
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| description | In some languages, including Russian and Italian, it is possible for a plural noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives. At the same time, it is possible for a singular noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives, but for the reference of the noun phrase to be plural, rather than singular. We provide a formal analysis of these problematic agreement phenomena, making use of the distinction between INDEX and CONCORD agreement features, and the distinction between distributive and non-distributive features. We propose that the distributivity or non-distributivity of a feature may vary not only between different languages, but even on a construction-by-construction basis within a language. Specifically, CONCORD is a non-distributive feature in certain constructions in languages like Russian and Italian. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d593b1e8-936e-4394-b3f6-da1f960740842022-03-27T08:27:01ZNumber mismatches in coordination: an LFG analysisConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:d593b1e8-936e-4394-b3f6-da1f96074084Symplectic Elements at OxfordCSLI Publications2015Belyaev, ODalrymple, MLowe, JIn some languages, including Russian and Italian, it is possible for a plural noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives. At the same time, it is possible for a singular noun to be modified by two or more coordinated singular adjectives, but for the reference of the noun phrase to be plural, rather than singular. We provide a formal analysis of these problematic agreement phenomena, making use of the distinction between INDEX and CONCORD agreement features, and the distinction between distributive and non-distributive features. We propose that the distributivity or non-distributivity of a feature may vary not only between different languages, but even on a construction-by-construction basis within a language. Specifically, CONCORD is a non-distributive feature in certain constructions in languages like Russian and Italian. |
| spellingShingle | Belyaev, O Dalrymple, M Lowe, J Number mismatches in coordination: an LFG analysis |
| title | Number mismatches in coordination: an LFG analysis |
| title_full | Number mismatches in coordination: an LFG analysis |
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