One of those constructions that really needs a proper analysis

Doug Arnold; Christopher Lucas

doi:10.21248/hpsg.2016.3

One of those constructions that really needs a proper analysis

Authors

Doug Arnold University of Essex https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3685-8450 (unauthenticated)
Christopher Lucas SOAS, University of London https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5339-9655 (unauthenticated)

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https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2016.3

Abstract

We describe, and provide an HPSG account of, a hitherto little studied English construction (of which the title of the paper is an instance) involving an agreement mismatch: a partitive construction in which a plural nominal is apparently modified by a singular relative clause.

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2016-12-16

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2016: Proceedings of the Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar

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CONFERENCE