Neutrality vs. Ambiguity in Resolution by Syncretism: Experimental Evidence and Consequences∗
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The verb in the fist clause of each of the examples above assigns accusative case (ACC) to the raised noun phrase. The verb in the second clause assigns nominative case (NOM) to the raised noun phrase. When the RNRed noun is not syncretic for the two cases assigned (ACC and NOM), as in (1), the construction is ungrammatical. On the other hand, when the raised noun is syncretic for NOM and ACC, as in (2), the sentence is grammatical. These examples illustrate a feature conflict (a noun being assigned two different cases) that leads to ungrammaticality in (1) but is resolved by a syncretic form in (2). Resolution by
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