ABSTRACT

This volume brings together various strands of research focusing on aspects of the syntax of agreement, and the role that agreement plays in linguistic theory. The essays collected here show how and why agreement has emerged in recent years as the central theoretical construct in minimalism. Although the theoretical context of the volume is minimalist in character, Boeckx formulates formal and substantive universals in the domain of agreement.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

part I|2 pages

Agreement Restrictions

chapter 1|21 pages

Quirky Agreement

chapter 2|21 pages

Intricacies of Agreement in Icelandic

part II|2 pages

Agreement and Agree

chapter 4|18 pages

Conditions on Agreement in Japanese

chapter 5|9 pages

Honorification as Agreement

chapter 6|7 pages

Multiplicity: Symmetries and Asymmetries

part III|2 pages

Agreement and Locality

part IV|2 pages

Agreement and Interpretation

chapter 11|30 pages

Scope Reconstruction and A-Movement