Idiosyncrasies in morphological agreement inside and outside phrases with numerals of the pięć ‘five’-type as a consequences of syntactic agreement  Cover Image

Idiosynkratyzm akomodacji morfologicznych wewnątrz i na zewnątrz fraz z liczebnikami typu pięć jako konsekwencja nieuzgodnienia cech przez mechanizm
Idiosyncrasies in morphological agreement inside and outside phrases with numerals of the pięć ‘five’-type as a consequences of syntactic agreement

Author(s): Ewa Willim
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: numeral phrase; syntactic agreement relations; the Accusative Hypothesis; derivational phases; default agreement morphology

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses some problems inherent in the hypothesis on which numerals are heads that have a valued feature of case in nominative and accusative contexts. In the analysis offered here numerals and quantifiers are phrasal adjuncts in the extended projection of the noun whose head is a null functional category. 3 person, singular number and neuter gender verb morphology as well as alternating patterns of the morphology of pre-numeral and predicative adjectives reflect attempted but (partly) failed syntactic agreement.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 157-171
  • Page Count: 15