Areal Typology of Agreement Systems

Informationen zum Autor Ranko Matasovic is Professor of Comparative Linguistics in the University of Zagreb and a Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He has published thirteen books in Croatia and abroad, including Gender in Indo-European (2004) and Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (2009). Klappentext The first areal-typological exploration of agreement systems in the world's languages. Zusammenfassung Intended for experts in typological and areal linguistics and to students of these disciplines! this study contains new theoretical insights into the nature of grammatical agreement! and empirical findings about the distribution of various agreement patterns in the world's languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. What is agreement?; 3. Domains of agreement and categories involved; 4. Problems with agreement; 5. Grammatical, ambiguous and anaphoric agreement; 6. Marginal agreement; 7. The sample of languages; 8. Areal and genetic patterns in agreement systems; 9. Typological correlations in agreement systems; 10. Diachronic patterns in the development of agreement; 11. Conclusions.

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• Authors: MATASOVI RANKO, Ranko Matasoviac, Ranko Matasovic, Ranko (University of Zagreb) Matasovic, Ranko Matasović
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108420976
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42097-6
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics