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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I Theoretical Prerequisites; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Topic of This Book; 1.2 Outline of the Book; 2 What Is Agreement?; 3 Domains of Agreement and Categories Involved; 3.1 Domains; 3.2 Categories; 3.2.1 Number and Gender Agreement in the NP; 3.2.2 Categories in Verbal Agreement; 3.2.3 Gender and Other Systems of Classification; 3.2.4 Person; 3.2.5 Number; 3.2.6 Minor Agreement Patterns; 3.3 Summary; 4 Problems with Agreement. |
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4.1 Optionality of Agreement4.2 Omission of Controllers; 4.3 Referentiality of Targets: Pronominal Argument Hypothesis; 4.4 Markedness of Targets; 4.5 Case Agreement; 4.6 Person/Number Agreement in the NP; 5 Grammatical, Ambiguous and Anaphoric Agreement; 6 Marginal Agreement; Part II Empirical Results; 7 The Sample of Languages; 7.1 The Construction of the Sample; 7.2 The Design of the Database; 8 Areal and Genetic Patterns in Agreement Systems; 8.1 Eurasia; 8.2 Africa and the Middle East; 8.3 North America; 8.4 South America; 8.5 Australia and Oceania; 8.6 Differences among the Macro-Areas. |
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8.7 Areal and Genetic Stability of Agreement Patterns9 Typological Correlations in Agreement Systems; 9.1 Adnominal and Verbal Agreement; 9.2 Grammatical Verbal Agreement and Adnominal Agreement; 9.3 Person Agreement in the NP and in the Verb; 9.4 Agreement and Word Order; 10 Diachronic Patterns in the Development of Agreement; 10.1 Origins of Agreement; 10.2 Loss of Agreement; 11 Conclusions; Appendix: Languages in the Database; References; Language Index; Subject Index. |
| Summary |
The first areal-typological exploration of agreement systems in the world's languages. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Matasović, Ranko. Areal typology of agreement systems. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781108420976 (DLC) 2018000225 (OCoLC)1017587833 |
| ISBN |
9781108372879 (electronic bk.) |
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1108372872 (electronic bk.) |
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9781108355766 |
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1108355765 |
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9781108420976 |
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1108420974 |
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9781108413084 (paperback) |
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