Disagreement Rules, Referral Rules and the Spanish Feminine Article

Harris, J. W.

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ERIC Number: EJ355628

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Disagreement Rules, Referral Rules and the Spanish Feminine Article "el."

Harris, J. W.

Journal of Linguistics, v23 n1 p177-83 Mar 1987

The Spanish feminine article /el/, ordinarily the singular masculine definite article, has been used as evidence of the need for obligatory disagreement rules. Others explain the anamoly by means of referral rules. A third solution is suggested: an allomorphy rule which can be interpreted syntactically or phonologically. (LMO)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, Determiners (Languages), Function Words, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Phonology, Spanish, Surface Structure, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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