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13 - Agreement

from Part 3 - Syntax

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Jana Willer-Gold
Edited by
Danko Šipka  and
Wayles Browne
Danko Šipka
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Wayles Browne
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

The present chapter discusses agreement in Slavic languages. Slavic languages are interesting because of their canonical subject-verb agreement, which offers a direct insight into this core syntactic relation (syntactic agreement). Additionally, Slavic languages feature well-documented agreement alternations, which suggest involvement of other language components in agreement (semantic and discourse agreement). Finally, strictly local agreement, often devoid of alternations, operating inside the nominal phrase commands theoretical interest.

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agreementcasedomaingendernumberpersonsemantic agreementnoun phrase
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The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics , pp. 263 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Agreement
  • Edited by Danko Šipka, Arizona State University, Wayles Browne, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
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