ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we first point out two problems confronting Chomsky’s (2000, 2001) formulation of Agree as a composite-operation involving both probe-goal search and feature-valuation. We then seek to eliminate Agree by (i) replacing probe-goal search with Minimal Search (as defined in Chomsky (2013, 2015)) and (ii) removing feature-valuation from the narrow syntax and reassigning it to the morpho-phonological component. We demonstrate that X bearing uF and Y bearing vF will appear convergently only where Minimal Search finds X and Y simultaneously, and after transfer, based on the information provided by these two heads, the relevant morpho-phonological features are assigned to uF in the morpho-phonological component.
