Elided Clausal Conjunction Is Not the Only Source of Closest-Conjunct Agreement

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ID4882904
AuthorsBoban Arsenijević (0000-0002-1124-6319, University of Graz Institut für Slawistik Merangasse 70/1 8010 Graz Austria, corresponding author), Jana Willer‐gold (0000-0001-7664-170X, University College London Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street London WC1N 1PF United Kingdom, corresponding author), Nadira Aljović (0000-0001-6573-6957, University of Zenica Department of English Language and Literature Fakultetska 3 72000 Zenica Bosnia and Herzegovina, corresponding author), Nermina Čordalija (0000-0001-9519-751X, University of Sarajevo Department of English Faculty of Philosophy Franje Račkog 1 71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina, corresponding author), Marijana Kresić Vukosav (0000-0002-9284-0028, University of Zadar Department of Linguistics Trg kneza Višeslava 9 23000 Zadar Croatia, corresponding author), Nedzad Leko (University of Sarajevo Department of English Faculty of Philosophy Franje Račkog 1 71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina, corresponding author), Frane Malenica (0000-0002-1926-1353, University of Zadar Department of English Language and Literature Ulica Mihovila Pavlinovića 1 23000 Zadar Croatia, corresponding author), Franc Lanko Marušič (University of Nova Gorica Center for Cognitive Science of Language Vipavska 13 Rožna Dolina SI‐5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia), Franc Marušič (0000-0002-0667-3236, University of Nova Gorica, corresponding author), Tanja Milićev (0000-0002-5722-502X, University of Novi Sad Department of English Studies Faculty of Philosophy Zorana Đinđića 2 Novi Sad 21000 Serbia, corresponding author), Nataša Milićević (0000-0003-1773-939X, University of Novi Sad Department of English Studies Faculty of Philosophy Zorana Đinđića 2 Novi Sad 21000 Serbia, corresponding author), Petra Mišmaš (0000-0001-8659-875X, University of Nova Gorica Center for Cognitive Science of Language Vipavska 13 Rožna Dolina SI‐5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia, corresponding author), Ivana Mitić (0000-0002-2347-6795, University of Niš Department for Serbian Language Faculty of Philosophy Ćirila i Metodija 2 18000 Niš Serbia, corresponding author), Anita Peti‐stantić (0000-0001-5650-5719, University of Zagreb Department of South Slavic Languages and Literatures Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ivana Lučića 3 Zagreb 10000 Croatia, corresponding author), Branimir Stanković (0000-0002-5542-544X, University of Niš Department for Serbian Language Faculty of Philosophy Ćirila i Metodija 2 18000 Niš Serbia, corresponding author), Jelena Tušek (0000-0001-6387-6243, University of Zagreb Department of South Slavic Languages and Literatures Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ivana Lučića 3 Zagreb 10000 Croatia, corresponding author), Andrew Nevins (0000-0001-5318-5596, University College London Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street London WC1N 1PF United Kingdom, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume23
Issue1
Pages78-104
Publication date2020-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSyntax (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/synt.12171
OpenAlexW2928881169
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited17

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

Agreement · Bosnian · Conjunction (astronomy · Ellipsis (linguistics · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Physics · Political science · Relevance (law · Serbian · Slavic languages · Verb · Computer Science · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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