Number Agreement Variation in Catalan Dialects

Gemma Rigau

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195136517.013.0017

Number Agreement Variation in Catalan Dialects

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Abstract

© Oxford University Press, 2006. All rights reserved. This article aims to show that certain parametric properties and their interaction with Universal Grammar principles allow us to differentiate between two main varieties of Catalan dialects. It suggests that the functional category tense is the locus of the parametric variation in number agreement in certain kinds of Catalan existential sentences. The article discusses the concord phenomenon in Catalan constructions and comments on the clitic climbing phenomenon in some deontic existential constructions with an infinitive clause.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195136517.013.0017
Publication status	Published - 18 Sep 2012

Keywords

Catalan dialects
Clitic climbing
Concord phenomenon
Existential sentences
Functional category
Infinitive clause
Number agreement
Parametric properties
Tense

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