Number Agreement in EnglishNumber Agreement • February 22nd, 2024
Proper number agreement in English is crucial for clear and effective communication. It involves matching the number of subjects with the appropriate verb form, as well as ensuring agreement between pronouns and their antecedents. In this article, we will explore the basic principles of number agreement in English and provide examples to help you understand how it works.
NUMBER AGREEMENT BETWEEN POSSESIVE PRONOUNS AND HEAD NOUNS: AGREE OR NOT?*Number Agreement • February 18th, 2013
Number Agreement in a Sign LanguageNumber Agreement • December 8th, 2008
Several authors have described agreement in American Sign Language in terms of abstract features (Padden 1983; Bahan 1996), of locative case (Janis 1995) or relatively to a two- person (Meier 1990). However, others have questioned the relevance of the notion of agreement for ASL, on the basis that there is an infinite number of variations for the third person (Liddell 2000). We show that there are no paradigmatic features of agreement in sign languages, notably in Langue des Signes québécoise. Why is that so? To answer this question, we must understand how the differences in modality affect the functioning of agreement in the linguistic system of oral languages and gestural languages. We concentrate on the case of Number agreement in LSQ.
Number agreement does notNumber Agreement • January 11th, 2023
• Feature gluttony (Coon and Keine 2021): if omnivorous singular and plural morphemes both existed in a language, Agree with singular and plural goals would cause a derivational crash in the morphology
