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(3) a. Haya katuv 'et ha-yedi'a ha-zot ba-'iton
Was-written-m Acc the-message the-this in-the-paper
'This message was written in the paper'
b. Meforat 'et ha-dvarim ha-'ele ba-karoz
Specified-sg Acc the-things the-these in-the-leaflet
'These things are specified in the leaflet'
c. Kara li kvar 'et ha-te'una ha-zot kodem
Happened-m me already Acc the-accident the-this before
'I already had this accident before'
Since BG seems to hold steadily in many other languages, we are not going to simply
ignore it. Then Hebrew exceptions should be dealt with in a specific way.
c) In Borer's rule CPs are not mentioned as candidates to be coindexed with AGR.
Whether this is essential to Borer's theory or not, it is crucial in our rule: while sentences such as
0.a) are excluded because AGR is not coindexed with any DP or CP, sentences such as 0.b) are
acceptable crucially because the CP can be coindexed with AGR:
(4) a. *(ItExpl) surprises me about this question
b. It surprises me [ CP that... ]
Let's call the DP/CP coindexed with AGR the I-subject. Let us review the principle in 0
to see how it works. First of all, 0 is intended to be a principle which applies on the basis of
solely structural and Case-marking information: AGR looks down for a non (inherently) Case
marked DP or CP from top to bottom of its c-command domain and coindexes with the first
available candidate.
Since the principle applies at D-structure, all Case-marked DPs (which are therefore not
available candidates) will be inherently Case marked DPs, if we assume that structural Case is
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