Weak Cross Over, Scope, and agreement in a Minimalist Framework

Pierre Pica (1) , Willian Snyder (2)

1 SFL - Structures Formelles du Langage
2 Department of linguistics

Our paper presents a novel theory of weak crossover effects, based entirely on quantifier scope preferences and their consequences for variable binding. The structural notion of 'crossover' play no role. We develop a theory of scope preferences which ascribes a central role to the AGR-P System.

Mots clés: "croisement faible"; "portée"; quantifieur; croisement faible; portée

Domaines: Linguistique

Pierre Pica, Willian Snyder. Weak Cross Over, Scope, and agreement in a Minimalist Framework. Raul Aranovich, William Byrne, Susanne Preuss & Mark Senturia. The Proceedings of the Thiteenth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, CSLI, pp.334-349, 1995. ⟨hal-00207818⟩