Phrase-Level Parallelism Effect on Noun Phrase Number Agreement.

Scherre, Maria Mata Pereira

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Publication Date: 2001

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Phrase-Level Parallelism Effect on Noun Phrase Number Agreement.

Scherre, Maria Mata Pereira

Language Variation and Change, v13 n1 p91-107 2001

Examines the role of phrase-level parallelism on noun phrase number agreement and demonstrates Puerto Rican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese exhibit more similarities than differences with regard to this constraint. Claims the phrase-level parallelism effect on noun phrase number agreement is embedded in a universal principle of linguistic use: parallel processing. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Universals, Language Variation, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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