Chapter 2. Nested Agree

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Chapter 2
Nested Agree

Published online: 9 November 2023

Article outline

2.1Introduction
2.2Auxiliary selection in Standard Italian
2.3Auxiliary selection is π-Agree
2.4Setting the stage
- 2.4.1Agree
- 2.4.2A problem of minimality
2.5Nested Agree
- 2.5.1Application of Nested Agree to the Perf head
- 2.5.2On feature ordering
- 2.5.3Against A-over-A type of minimality
2.6Ingredients for Nested Agree
- 2.6.1Agree-Link
- 2.6.2Specificity-driven derivations
  - 2.6.2.1Maximize matching effects
  - 2.6.2.2Multitasking
  - 2.6.2.3Economy condition on multiple probe satisfaction
  - 2.6.2.4General specificity principle
- 2.6.3Nested Agree is not a specificity-driven principle
- 2.6.4Nested Agree is not a transderivational principle
2.7Summary
Notes