Agree as derivational operation: Its definition and discontents
Daniel Milway
December 2022
 

Using the framework laid out by Collins and Stabler (2016), I develop a formal definition of Agree as a syntactic operation. I begin by constructing a formal definition of a version of long-distance Agree in which a structurally higher element values a feature on a structurally lower element, and modify that definition to reflect various versions of Agree that have been proposed in the “minimalist” literature. I then discuss the theoretical implications of these formal definitions, arguing that Agree requires a new conception of the lexicon, and unjustifiably violates NTC in all its non-vacuous forms.
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Published in: Biolinguistics. 17
keywords: theory, formalization, minimalism, agree, derivations, syntax
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