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Rich agreement

2010-03-11T11:50:33Z

Mira: /* Other languages */

'''Rich agreement''' refers to [[person-number agreement]] (or [[cross-referencing]]) paradigms that distinguish most or all person-number combinations and therefore make the use of [[independent pronoun]]s redundant. In [[:category:generative syntax|generative syntax]], rich agreement has often been said to [[license]] the [[empty]] pronominal category [[pro]] (Taraldsen 1978 and much subsequent work).

===Examples===
Italian has the folloiwng person-number paradigm, which is said to exibit rich agreement:
* 1SG ''cant-o'' 'I sing'
* 2SG ''cant-i'' 'you sing'
* 3SG ''cant-a'' 's/he sing-s'
* 1PL ''cant-iamo'' 'we sing'
* 2PL ''cant-ate'' 'you sing'
* 3PL ''cant-ano'' 'they sing'

As the English translations show, English has a only two different forms (''sing'' and ''sings''), so that the English paradigm does not exemplify rich agreement. Correspondingly, in Italian the use of independent pronouns is optional (''io canto'' 'I sing'), whereas it is normally required in English.

===Reference===
*[[Dryer, Matthew S.]] 2002. "Case distinctions, rich verb agreement, and word order type". ''Theoretical Linguistics'' 28:151-157.
*Taraldsen, K.T. 1978. ''On the Nominative Island Condition, vacuous application and the that-t filter.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club.

===Other languages===
*German [[reiche Kongruenz]]
*Czech [[plná kongruence; plná mluvnická shoda]]
*Bulgarian [[пълно съгласуване]]
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[[Category:Syntax]]
[[Category:Agreement]]
[[Category:Generative syntax]]

Rich agreement

2010-03-11T11:46:50Z

Mira: /* Other languages */

'''Rich agreement''' refers to [[person-number agreement]] (or [[cross-referencing]]) paradigms that distinguish most or all person-number combinations and therefore make the use of [[independent pronoun]]s redundant. In [[:category:generative syntax|generative syntax]], rich agreement has often been said to [[license]] the [[empty]] pronominal category [[pro]] (Taraldsen 1978 and much subsequent work).

===Examples===
Italian has the folloiwng person-number paradigm, which is said to exibit rich agreement:
* 1SG ''cant-o'' 'I sing'
* 2SG ''cant-i'' 'you sing'
* 3SG ''cant-a'' 's/he sing-s'
* 1PL ''cant-iamo'' 'we sing'
* 2PL ''cant-ate'' 'you sing'
* 3PL ''cant-ano'' 'they sing'

As the English translations show, English has a only two different forms (''sing'' and ''sings''), so that the English paradigm does not exemplify rich agreement. Correspondingly, in Italian the use of independent pronouns is optional (''io canto'' 'I sing'), whereas it is normally required in English.

===Reference===
*[[Dryer, Matthew S.]] 2002. "Case distinctions, rich verb agreement, and word order type". ''Theoretical Linguistics'' 28:151-157.
*Taraldsen, K.T. 1978. ''On the Nominative Island Condition, vacuous application and the that-t filter.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club.

===Other languages===
*German [[reiche Kongruenz]]
*Czech [[plná kongruence; plná mluvnická shoda]]
{{dc}}
[[Category:Syntax]]
[[Category:Agreement]]
[[Category:Generative syntax]]

Rich agreement

2010-03-11T11:46:09Z

Mira: /* Other languages */

'''Rich agreement''' refers to [[person-number agreement]] (or [[cross-referencing]]) paradigms that distinguish most or all person-number combinations and therefore make the use of [[independent pronoun]]s redundant. In [[:category:generative syntax|generative syntax]], rich agreement has often been said to [[license]] the [[empty]] pronominal category [[pro]] (Taraldsen 1978 and much subsequent work).

===Examples===
Italian has the folloiwng person-number paradigm, which is said to exibit rich agreement:
* 1SG ''cant-o'' 'I sing'
* 2SG ''cant-i'' 'you sing'
* 3SG ''cant-a'' 's/he sing-s'
* 1PL ''cant-iamo'' 'we sing'
* 2PL ''cant-ate'' 'you sing'
* 3PL ''cant-ano'' 'they sing'

As the English translations show, English has a only two different forms (''sing'' and ''sings''), so that the English paradigm does not exemplify rich agreement. Correspondingly, in Italian the use of independent pronouns is optional (''io canto'' 'I sing'), whereas it is normally required in English.

===Reference===
*[[Dryer, Matthew S.]] 2002. "Case distinctions, rich verb agreement, and word order type". ''Theoretical Linguistics'' 28:151-157.
*Taraldsen, K.T. 1978. ''On the Nominative Island Condition, vacuous application and the that-t filter.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club.

===Other languages===
*German [[reiche Kongruenz]]
*Czech [[plná kongruence; plná mluvnická schoda]]
{{dc}}
[[Category:Syntax]]
[[Category:Agreement]]
[[Category:Generative syntax]]

Rich agreement

2010-03-11T11:42:20Z

Mira: /* Other languages */

'''Rich agreement''' refers to [[person-number agreement]] (or [[cross-referencing]]) paradigms that distinguish most or all person-number combinations and therefore make the use of [[independent pronoun]]s redundant. In [[:category:generative syntax|generative syntax]], rich agreement has often been said to [[license]] the [[empty]] pronominal category [[pro]] (Taraldsen 1978 and much subsequent work).

===Examples===
Italian has the folloiwng person-number paradigm, which is said to exibit rich agreement:
* 1SG ''cant-o'' 'I sing'
* 2SG ''cant-i'' 'you sing'
* 3SG ''cant-a'' 's/he sing-s'
* 1PL ''cant-iamo'' 'we sing'
* 2PL ''cant-ate'' 'you sing'
* 3PL ''cant-ano'' 'they sing'

As the English translations show, English has a only two different forms (''sing'' and ''sings''), so that the English paradigm does not exemplify rich agreement. Correspondingly, in Italian the use of independent pronouns is optional (''io canto'' 'I sing'), whereas it is normally required in English.

===Reference===
*[[Dryer, Matthew S.]] 2002. "Case distinctions, rich verb agreement, and word order type". ''Theoretical Linguistics'' 28:151-157.
*Taraldsen, K.T. 1978. ''On the Nominative Island Condition, vacuous application and the that-t filter.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club.

===Other languages===
*German [[reiche Kongruenz]]
*Czech [[plná kongruence]]
{{dc}}
[[Category:Syntax]]
[[Category:Agreement]]
[[Category:Generative syntax]]