Open AccessOne of those constructions that really needs a proper analysis
Author(s) -
Doug Arnold,
Christopher Lucas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2016.3
Subject(s) - plural , linguistics , head driven phrase structure grammar , computer science , mathematics , natural language processing , arithmetic , grammar , philosophy
We describe, and provide anHPSG account of, a hitherto little studied English construction (ofwhich the title of the paper is an instance) involving an agreementmismatch: a partitive construction in which a plural nominal isapparently modified by a singular relative clause.