Based on the patterns of phi-agreement with post-verbal subjects in Hebrew, I argue against the idea that failure to establish a phi-agreement relation between a phi-probe and its putative target (e.g., due to intervention) results in ungrammaticality, or a “crash”; at the same time, I demonstrate that phi-agreement also cannot be optional. At first glance, these two claims—that phi-agreement is neither optional, nor does its failure result in ungrammaticality—might seem contradictory. However, I argue that there is a third possibility, which is in fact the only one that can account for the data under consideration: phi-agreement must be attempted by every phi-probe; but if it fails (e.g., due to the presence of an intervener), its failure is systematically tolerated. tolerated.
2013. Locating agreement in grammar: an argument from agreement in conjunctions. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 31:4 ► pp. 951 ff.
Deal, Amy Rose
2013. Possessor Raising. Linguistic Inquiry 44:3 ► pp. 391 ff.
Baker, Mark
2012. 3. “Obliqueness” as a Component of Argument Structure in Amharic. In The End of Argument Structure? [Syntax and Semantics, 38], ► pp. 43 ff.
Baker, Mark C.
2012. On the Relationship of Object Agreement and Accusative Case: Evidence from Amharic. Linguistic Inquiry 43:2 ► pp. 255 ff.
Baker, Mark C.
2022. Agree without agreement in object clitic doubling constructions. In Angles of Object Agreement, ► pp. 27 ff.
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2022. General preface. In Angles of Object Agreement, ► pp. vii ff.
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2022. List of abbreviations. In Angles of Object Agreement, ► pp. viii ff.
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2022. Copyright Page. In Angles of Object Agreement, ► pp. iv ff.
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