Humans, Animals, Things and Animacy
Animacy influences the patterns of subject-verb agreement marking in many languages, including Persian and Inari Saami. In Persian, animate plural subjects trigger plural agreement on the verb, whereas inanimate subjects may or may not trigger agreement. The variation is governed by factors such as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2019-0010 |