Agreement in Cinyungwe verb-verb constructions
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 t...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repository: | Revista Falange Miúda |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.upe.br:article/335 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.upe.br/index.php/refami/article/view/335 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Agreement verb-verb construction Cinyungwe Estudos Linguísticos |
| Summary: | 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. |
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