ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that to set the scene, the idea of agreement as a consistency relation holding between two linguistic structures. Then, the adequacy of syntactic and semantic theories is evaluated with respect to eight properties of agreement. It is argued that based on the information structures within which they operate; neither syntactic nor semantic accounts can cope with the full range of agreement phenomena. The chapter presents those syntactic theories can handle intra-sentential, syntactic agreement that is based on identity of features without any trouble. It provides that neither morphosyntactic nor semantic information structures are suitable for the treatment of agreement relations. The treatment of the Agreement Hierarchy by different types of theory. It is straightforward to distinguish different targets in syntactic accounts of agreement. A semantic treatment such as Zeevat, Klein and Calder's (ZKC) has the advantage of being able to deal with the range of agreement from NP-internal to the discourse-based.
