ǂa ǂpicture-matching study
Boban Arsenijević (Author), Franc Marušič (Author), Petra Mišmaš (Author)

Abstract

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.

Keywords

conjunct agreement;clausal conjunction;experimental syntax;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC: 81'36
COBISS: 5367035 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1368-0005
Views: 11307
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URN: URN:SI:UNG
Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 78-104
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ23
Issue: ǂno. ǂ1
Chronology: 2020
DOI: 10.1111/synt.12171
ID: 11106469