The Many Faces of Agreement
Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse Factors in Serbo-Croatian Agreement
Stephen Wechsler author Larisa Zlatic author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Published:2nd Dec '03
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Agreement features correlate closely with semantics as well as with noun morphology. This book presents a precise formal theory of those correlations, illustrated with Serbo-Croatian and other languages. In explaining regular agreement as a network of constraints, the theory also predicts a restricted set of exceptional situations where normal agreement can give way to agreement mismatches. With this framework in place, the authors explore a number of factors that affect agreement processes. The theory even explains the striking cross-linguistic generalizations expressed in Corbett's Agreement Hierarchy. Agreement is shown to be a distributed phenomenon, manifesting its many faces among the various components of grammar.
ISBN: 9781575864181
Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 1mm
Weight: 397g
200 pages