Franc Marušič (Author), Zheng Shen (Author)

Abstract

This paper addresses two issues: 1. Empirically, we report novel experimental data on agreement with exclusively disjoined subjects in Slovenian; 2. Theoretically, we look into the nature of attested agreement strategies with coordinated NPs. In particular, we investigate how these strategies behave under coordinators with different semantics, i.e. exclusive disjunction and conjunction. Based on the elicitation results, we argue that closest conjunct agreement, resolved agreement, and highest conjunct agreement are all present under exclusive disjunction to different extents, which suggests a uniform set of agreement strategies under disjunction and conjunction despite the semantic difference. Further, we argue against the presence of default agreement under both disjunction and conjunction in Slovenian, and argue for a particular set of gender resolution rules.

Keywords

Slovenian;conjunct agreement;exclusive disjunction;resolution;default agreement;

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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: 84895491 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2559-8201
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URN: URN:SI:UNG
Pages: str. 516–535
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ68
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ4
Chronology: 2021
DOI: 10.1556/2062.2021.00443
ID: 13708130