Competiton in Grammar. KU Leuven
This research project aims to investigate the concept of competition in grammar. To this end, it will examine the relationship between form and meaning in anaphors and pronouns. The meanings of these pronouns can be characterised in terms of familiar feature systems (person, number, gender, etc.). The association of features with forms is typically not oneto- one, but it involves syncretisms. Such syncretisms are not random, and the ...