A Situated Theory of Agreement (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)

by Michael Barlow

Overview

Typical cases of agreement are easy to identify, but where the boundaries of agreement lie depend on what aspects of the agreement relation are considered to be defining properties. It is a short step from viewing agreement in the traditional way, as a matching of features, to defining agreement as any relation that ensures consistency of information in two separate structures. This book takes as its topic agreement as it is traditionally conceived, one that only involves morphosyntactic categories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415723831
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Barlow

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Agreement and Partial Information 3. Agreement and Classification 4. Agreement and Information Structures 5. A Discourse-Linking Theory of Agreement 6. Agreement in Arabic and English 7. Agreement and Information