Naslov
Elided Clausal Conjunction Is Not the Only Source of Closest‐Conjunct Agreement: A Picture‐Matching Study

Autori
Arsenijević, Boban ; Willer-Gold, Jana ; Aljović, Nadira ; Čordalija, Nermina ; Kresić Vukosav, Nedžad Leko, Marijana ; Malenica, Frane ; Lanko Marušić, Franc ; Milićev, Tanja ; Milićević, Nataša ; Mišmaš, Petra ; Mitić, Ivana ; Peti-Stantić, Anita ; Stanković, Branimir ; Tušek, Jelena ; Nevins, Andrew

Izvornik
Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research (1368-0005) Volume 23 (2019), Issue 1; 78-104

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
closest‐conjunct agreement, reduced clausal conjunction, ellipsis, picture-matching experiment, South Slavic

Sažetak
A recurring hypothesis about the agreement phenomena generalized as closest‐conjunct agreement takes this pattern to result from reduced clausal conjunction, simply displaying the agreement of the verb with the nonconjoined subject of the clause whose content survives ellipsis (Aoun, Benmamoun & Sportiche 1994, 1999 ; see also Wilder 1997). Closest‐conjunct agreement is the dominant agreement pattern in the South Slavic languages Slovenian and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. A natural question is whether closest‐conjunct agreement in these varieties may indeed be analyzed as entirely derived from conjunction reduction. In this article, we report on two experiments conducted to test this. The results reject the hypothesis as far as these languages are concerned, thereby upholding the relevance of models developed to account for closest‐conjunct agreement within theories of agreement.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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