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Collective (dis)agreementSeptember 17th, 2020
This paper investigates plural agreement that is triggered by collective NPs that are morphologically singular in British English. Plural collective noun agreement freely alternates with singular agreement in this dialect, but there are unexpected restrictions which I provide an explanation for. I also discuss agreement mismatches that are found with collective nouns, and show how they can be accommodated in a minimalist framework. This paper adds to the debate on where agreement happens within the grammar, and I propose that it is both syntactic and post-syntactic following recent work elsewhere.
