TY  - CHAP
U1  - Buchbeitrag
A1  - Hartmann, Jutta
A1  - Heycock, Caroline
ED  - Thráinsson, Höskuldur
ED  - Heycock, Caroline
ED  - Petersen, Hjalmar P.
ED  - Hansen, Zakaris Svabo
T1  - Variation in copular agreement in Insular Scandinavian
T2  - Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian
N2  - This paper explores the syntax of agreement in Insular Scandinavian in copular clauses with two potential goals for agreement. Data from three production experiments - one in Faroese and two in Icelandic - establish several new facts. First, in both languages agreement with the second nominal (DP2) is possible/preferred. Second, there is considerable variation (both within and between languages, and indeed speakers) in the patterns observed. Third, Icelandic shows a surprising pattern of “partial” agreement with DP2 - agreement in number but not person. We discuss the implications for current theorising about agreement, proposing that in these languages, at least, agreement is downwards, and that the available agreement options depend in part on the syntactic position of DPI when agreement is established.
T3  - Studies in Germanic Linguistics - 1 
KW  - Icelandic
KW  - Faroese
KW  - copular clauses
KW  - agreement
KW  - phi-features
KW  - inversion
KW  - Isländisch
KW  - Färöisch
KW  - Kopulasatz
KW  - Agreement <Syntax>
KW  - Syntaktische Kongruenz
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-67147
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-67147
SN  - 978-90-272-0856-9
SB  - 978-90-272-0856-9
SP  - 233
EP  - 276
PB  - Benjamins
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
ER  -