When agreement is for number and gender but not person

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-915

  Baker, Mark C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjectives; Agreement; Number; Person; Person case constraint; Phi features

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655170516     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-011-9147-z     Document Type: Review

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