LINGUIST List 17.1964

Wed Jul 05 2006

Books: Syntax: Corbett

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Message 1: Agreement: Corbett
Date: 10-Jun-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: Agreement: Corbett


Title: Agreement Series Title: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book URL: http://us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521001700

Author: Greville G. Corbett Hardback: ISBN: 0521807085 Pages: 346 Price: U.S. $ 90.00
Paperback: ISBN: 521001706 Pages: 346 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Paperback: ISBN: 521001706 Pages: 346 Price: U.S. $ 39.99
Abstract:

Agreement in language relates to the correspondence between words in asentence, in terms of gender, case, person, or number. For example, in thesentence 'he runs', the suffix -s 'agrees' in number with the singularpronoun 'he'. Patterns of agreement vary dramaticallycross-linguistically, with great diversity in the way it is expressed andthe types of variation permitted. This clear introduction offers an insightinto how agreement works, and how linguists have tried to account for it.Comparing examples from a range of languages, with radically differentagreement systems, it demonstrates agreement at work in a variety ofconstructions. It shows how agreement is influenced by the conflictingeffects of sentence structure and meaning, and highlights the oddities ofagreement in English. The first textbook devoted to the cross-linguisticstudy of the topic, Agreement will be essential reading for all thosestudying the structure and mechanisms of natural languages.

1. Introduction: canonical agreement;2. Controllers, targets and domains;3. The morphology of agreement;4. Features;5. Mismatches;6. Conditions;7. The agreement hierarchy;8. Resolution;9. Other perspectives.

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Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
Written In: English (eng )

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