LONG DISTANCE AGREEMENT IN HINDI-URDUw This paper ...

772RAJESH BHATTFurther, in the process of valuating its /-features using the /-features of the object, T 0 also values the /-features of Asp 0 =Inf 0 .Thus the relationship between finite T 0 and the DP it agrees with aswell as the process by which the unvalued /-features of interveningheads are covaluated is the same in both (18b) and (20).3.2. Background Assumptions3.2.1. Finiteness and /-completenessIn (18), finite T 0 is overtly realized by a form of the auxiliary ‘be’.Finite T 0 is, however, not always overtly realized. Simple past tensesentences in Hindi-Urdu do not involve an overt expression of tense(cf. 25a). Further, negated present habitual sentences do not requireovert expression of tense (cf. 25b).(25)a. Simple Past:Ram-ne imlii khaa-yiiRam.m-Erg tamarind.F eat-Pfv.FSg‘Ram ate tamarind.’b. Negated Present Habitual:Mona Amruud nah~: khaa-tii (hai)Mona.F guava.m Neg eat-Hab.F be.Prs.3Sg‘Mona does not eat guavas.’Despite the absence of an overt tense-bearing auxiliary in (25a), Iassume that there is a covert T 0 head in (25a). It is possible that theV þ Asp 0 complex combines via string-vacuous movement with thishead. The covert T 0 head triggers agreement as discussed above. Asimilar T 0 head is also postulated for (25b) when there is no overttense-bearing auxiliary. More generally I assume that any interrogativeor declarative sentence that can appear by itself has a finite T 0head, which may or may not be realized overtly.An important component of my analysis of Long DistanceAgreement has been that Inf 0 does not constitute an intervener betweenthe matrix finite T 0 and the embedded object. This was relatedto Inf 0 not being /-complete. The notion of /-completeness wasintroduced in Chomsky (1999) – finite/control C 0 =T 0 is /-completebecause it has person features, while raising/ECM T 0 is not /-complete,lacking person features. An anonymous reviewer points outthat in Hindi-Urdu this straightforward correlation between morphologicalrealization of features and /-completeness does not workfully (see also Lo´pez 2002 for a discussion of the crosslinguistic