Concord as morphological realization:

A novel approach to numeral con- structions

Abstract

Concord refers to the kind of agreement phenomena typically found in the nominal domain. Many have argued for a unified analysis of agreement and concord since both involve the sharing of features among elements. Others contend that the differences between agreement and concord are non-negligible, and that unifying the two produces overcomplicated theories. This paper follows the latter approach and maintains a distinction between concord and agreement. Inspired by Norris’ (2014) theory, I take concord to result from the spell-out of features from dominating nodes on available terminals. In addition to a simpler account of general concord, the proposed analysis offers a novel approach to the complex patterns displayed by Slavic higher numeral constructions. The strength of the system is illustrated through derivations of examples from Russian, Polish, and BCMS.