The Syntax of Agreement and Concord

By:

Mark C. Baker

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Series:

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

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'Agreement' is the grammatical phenomenon in which the form of one item, such as the noun 'horses', forces a second item in the sentence, such as the verb 'gallop', to appear in a particular form, i.e. 'gallop' must agree with 'horses' in number. Even though agreement phenomena are some of the most familiar and well-studied aspects of grammar, there are certain basic questions that have rarely been asked, let alone answered. This book develops a theory of the agreement processes found in language, and considers why verbs agree with subjects in person, adjectives agree in number and gender but not person, and nouns do not agree at all. Explaining these differences leads to a theory that can be applied to all parts of speech and to all languages.

Author Biography:

MARK C. BAKER is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers University.

Release date Australia

February 7th, 2008

Author

Mark C. Baker

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

292

Series

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

Dimensions

152x227x17

ISBN-13

9780521671569

Product ID

2226803

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