The syntax of wh-agreement in Yemeni Ibbi Arabic

The study proposes an Agree across phases (AAP) approach anchored in Feature Inheritance (FI) to explain wh-agreement in Yemeni Ibbi Arabic. It argues that this mechanism is more robust than in languages like Greek or Indonesian. The findings show that specific suffixes mark agreement, supporting the idea that universal grammar principles govern long-distance dependencies across different languages.

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