Naslov
Adnominal and verbal agreement: areal distribution and typological correlations

Autori
Matasović, Ranko

Izvornik
Linguistic Typology (1430-0532) 18 (2014), 2; 171-214

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
agreement ; areal typology ; grammaticalization ; inflection ; possession ; sampling ; syntax

Sažetak
In this article two hypotheses about the relationship of verbal and adnominal agreement are proposed: first, it is claimed that languages tend to have adnominal agreement only if they also have verbal agreement, but not vice versa. Second, it is argued that languages with adnominal agreement are areally restricted, while languages with verbal agreement are not. A sample of languages was selected to test these hypotheses, and both are confirmed by the data. The article closes with an admittedly speculative explanation of the hypotheses involving patterns of grammaticalization of different types of agreement markers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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