Abstract
Copular clauses in Hebrew with the copula ze never allow their subjects to agree with the copula or with the post-copular predicate. Following previous work, it is shown that such clauses are not predicational and that their subjects often get a 'hidden event' interpretation. After ruling out an analysis that takes the copula to be the actual subject and an analysis involving a clausal subject, it is argued that these clauses involve a subject that lacks the features needed for subject-external agreement, while having the features needed for subject-internal agreement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 85-108 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Acta Linguistica Hungarica |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Hebrew
- agreement
- copula
- morphology
- semantics
- syntax
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