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Agreement in Cinyungwe verb-verb constructionsResearch Paper • June 22nd, 2023
The leading idea within the Minimalist Program is that there is a relationship between Case and agreement, i.e., the checking of (Φ-)features on a head such as a verb results in simultaneous checking of case features on the NP that triggers the agreement (CHOMSKY, 2000). Carstens (2001), points out that Bantu compound tense structures are a serious problem for Chomsky approach. The aim of this paper is to contribute for the discussion about multiple agreement in Bantu using data from Cinyungwe, a Mozambican Bantu language. We claim that the verbs in Verb-Verb Constructions share a concord relation between them and cannot be considered a problem to Chomsky approach.
