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DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I argue for a particular logic by which\nagreeme
 nt (in particular\, agreement between a verb or\ntense/aspect/mood-marker 
 and a noun-phrase) is related to\ngrammaticality\, and show how this concl
 usion illuminates certain\nlongstanding questions in the theory of syntax.
  In particular\, I\nargue that agreement is best captured in terms of an\n
 operation. Crucially\, while invocation of this operation\nis obligatory\,
  its successful culmination is not enforced by the\ngrammar. Such a theory
  contrasts sharply with alternatives that\nenforce agreement through repre
 sentational devices such as\nun/interpretable features (Chomsky 2000\, 200
 1). The\nargument is based primarily on data from so-called “omnivorous\na
 greement” contexts in the Mayan languages Kaqchikel and K’ichee’\,\nwith s
 upporting evidence from Basque\, Icelandic\, and Hebrew. I then\nshow how 
 this conclusion leads to: (i) a\nreexamination of the relations between mo
 vement\, agreement\, and\ngrammaticality\; (ii) a particular understanding
  of\nwhat it means for a language to allow\, or not allow\, quirky\nsubjec
 ts\; and ultimately\, (iii) the\nconclusion that both agreement and morpho
 logical case must be part\nof the syntactic component proper (contra certa
 in recent proposals\nin the literature).\n
DTSTART:20110128T203000Z
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LOCATION:Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3700 rue McTav
 ish
SUMMARY:Mr. Omer Preminger will present - The Nature of Syntactic Computati
 on: Evidence from Agreement
URL:/channels/event/mr-omer-preminger-will-present-nat
 ure-syntactic-computation-evidence-agreement-171174
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