Subject Values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2909609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Steele (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/415222 |
| OpenAlex | W4234606742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
On one view of syntactic structure, the expression of the grammatical relation subject is associated with an NP position. On another, this grammatical relation is expressed by a bound pronominal form. Discussion of the choice of one or the other of these has focused exclusively on the reflex of what is traditionally termed ‘subject/verb agreement’ and an ‘agreeing’ NP. This paper offers a theory, exemplified through an analysis of Luiseño, which accommodates a range of ‘subject agreement’ forms. The analysis is based on the idea that subject information can flow from a number of distinct sources. Languages might differ in regard to how many of these sources are used. One consequence of this idea is to deny a simple bifurcation into subject-pro-drop / non-subject-pro-drop or pronominal-subject / nominal-subject languages. The Luiseño analysis, therefore, forces a reconsideration of the roles of subject/verb agreement and the agreeing NP in grammatical composition
Linguistics · Subject (documents) · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2016 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |