In defense of “Spec head”: Agreement configurations

Koopman, Hilda

doi:10.1075/la.92.09koo

In:Agreement Systems
Edited by Cedric Boeckx
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 92] 2006
► pp. 159–199

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Agreement configurations

In defense of “Spec head”

Hilda Koopman

Published online: 26 July 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.92.09koo

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