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	'''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a [[target]] element agrees with a [[controller]] element in some [[morphosyntactic feature]].		'''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a [[target]] element agrees with a [[controller]] element in some [[morphosyntactic feature]].

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	===Examples===		===Examples===

	*Agreement of [[article]] and [[adjective]] with [[noun]] in [[number]] and [[gender (morphology)\|gender]]:		*Agreement of [[article]] and [[adjective]] with [[noun]] in [[number]] and [[gender (morphology)\|gender]]:

	Spanish		Spanish:

	~~(1)''l-a casa nuev-a''~~

	~~'the new house',~~

	~~(2)''el libro nuev-o''~~

	~~'the new book',~~

	~~(3)''l-as casas nuev-as''~~

	'the new houses',		*(1)''l-a casa nuev-a'' ('the new house')
			*(2)''el libro nuev-o'' ('the new book')
	(4)''l-os libros nuev-os''		*(3)''l-as casas nuev-as'' ('the new houses')
			*(4)''l-os libros nuev-os'' ('the new books')
	'the new books'

	*Agreement of [[verb]] with [[subject]] noun phrase:		*Agreement of [[verb]] with [[subject]] noun phrase:

	German		German:

	(5)''ich kauf-e''		*(5)''ich kauf-e'' ('I buy')
			*(6)''du kauf-st'' ('you(SG) buy')
			*(7)''er kauf-t'' ('he buys')
			*(8)''wir kauf-en'' ('we buy')
			*(9)''ihr kauf-t'' ('you(PL) buy')
			*(10)''sie kauf-en'' ('they buy')

	~~'I buy'~~,		=== Syntax ===
			Recently, it has been proposed that agreement is the relation between a specific head [[AGR]] and its [[specifier]] (= [[specifier-head agreement]]). Subject-verb agreement is then reduced to agreement between AGR, which is a [[functional projection]] of the agreeing verb, and the element (the subject) in the specifier position of the AGRP. Likewise, assignment of [[structural Case]] is reduced to spec,head agreement. <br />
	(6)~~''du kauf~~-~~st''~~

	~~'you(SG) buy'~~,

	~~(7)''er kauf-t''~~

	~~'he buys'~~,

	(8)~~''wir kauf-en''~~

	~~'we buy'~~,

	~~(9)''ihr kauf-t''~~

	~~'you(PL) buy'~~,

	~~(10)''sie kauf-en''~~

	~~'they buy'~~

	===Synonyms===		===Synonyms===

	* [[concord]] (but this term is often differentiated from agreement in various ways)		* [[concord]] (but this term is often differentiated from agreement in various ways)
	* [[congruence]] (this term is very rare in English, but German [[Kongruenz]] is the standard term for agreement)		* [[congruence]] (this term is very rare in English, but German [[Kongruenz]] is the standard term for agreement)

	===Subtypes===		===Subtypes===

	*[[anaphoric agreement]], [[grammatical agreement]]		*[[anaphoric agreement]], [[grammatical agreement]]
	*[[alliterative agreement]]		*[[alliterative agreement]]
	*[[back agreement]]		*[[back agreement]]
	*[[rich agreement]]		*[[rich agreement]]

	~~=== Syntax ===~~

	Recently, it has been proposed that agreement is the relation between a specific head [[AGR]] and its [[specifier]] (= [[specifier-head agreement]]). Subject-verb agreement is then reduced to agreement between AGR, which is a [[functional projection]] of the agreeing verb, and the element (the subject) in the specifier position of the AGRP. Likewise, assignment of [[structural Case]] is reduced to spec,head agreement. <br />


	=== Link ===		=== Link ===
	* [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Agreement&lemmacode=1008 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]		* [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Agreement&lemmacode=1008 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]


	===References===		===References===

	*[[Greville G. Corbett\|Corbett, Greville G.]] 2006. ''Agreement.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.		*[[Greville G. Corbett\|Corbett, Greville G.]] 2006. ''Agreement.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
	*[[Steele, Susan]]. 1978. "Word order variation: a typological study." In: [[Greenberg, Joseph H.]] & [[Ferguson, Charles A.]] & [[Moravcsik, Edith A.]] (eds.) ''Universals of human language, vol. 4: Syntax.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 585-623.		*[[Steele, Susan]]. 1978. "Word order variation: a typological study." In: [[Greenberg, Joseph H.]] & [[Ferguson, Charles A.]] & [[Moravcsik, Edith A.]] (eds.) ''Universals of human language, vol. 4: Syntax.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 585-623.

	===~~other~~ languages===		===Other languages===
	*German [[Kongruenz]]		*German [[Kongruenz]]
	*Russian [[согласование]]		*Russian [[согласование]]

NBlöcher: Rearranged the order of the terms under the section "see also". They are now aligned in an alphabetic order

2014-06-18T17:13:28Z

Rearranged the order of the terms under the section "see also". They are now aligned in an alphabetic order

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	'''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a [[target]] element agrees with a [[controller]] element in some [[morphosyntactic feature]].		'''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a [[target]] element agrees with a [[controller]] element in some [[morphosyntactic feature]].

Wohlgemuth: + utrecht data

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	*[[back agreement]]		*[[back agreement]]
	*[[rich agreement]]		*[[rich agreement]]

			=== Syntax ===

			Recently, it has been proposed that agreement is the relation between a specific head [[AGR]] and its [[specifier]] (= [[specifier-head agreement]]). Subject-verb agreement is then reduced to agreement between AGR, which is a [[functional projection]] of the agreeing verb, and the element (the subject) in the specifier position of the AGRP. Likewise, assignment of [[structural Case]] is reduced to spec,head agreement. <br />


			=== Link ===
			* [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Agreement&lemmacode=1008 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]


	===References===		===References===

Sven Siegmund: /* other languages */ +CZ

2008-03-29T17:43:48Z

other languages: +CZ

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	*German [[Kongruenz]]		*German [[Kongruenz]]
	*Russian [[согласование]]		*Russian [[согласование]]
			*Czech [[shoda]]

	{{dc}}		{{dc}}
	[[Category:Agreement\|!]]		[[Category:Agreement\|!]]

Luo: /* Examples */ +num

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 *Agreement of [[article]] and [[adjective]] with [[noun]] in [[number]] and [[gender (morphology)|gender]]:
-Spanish ''l-a casa nuev-a'' 'the new house', ''el libro nuev-o'' 'the new book', ''l-as casas nuev-as'' 'the new houses', ''l-os libros nuev-os'' 'the new books'
+Spanish
 *Agreement of [[verb]] with [[subject]] noun phrase:
-German ''ich kauf-e'' 'I buy', ''du kauf-st'' 'you(SG) buy', ''er kauf-t'' 'he buys', ''wir kauf-en'' 'we buy', ''ihr kauf-t'' 'you(PL) buy', ''sie kauf-en'' 'they buy'
+German
 ===Synonyms===

Skrylov: /* other languages */

2007-08-12T08:36:45Z

other languages

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	===other languages===		===other languages===
	German [[Kongruenz]]		*German [[Kongruenz]]
			*Russian [[согласование]]
	{{dc}}		{{dc}}
	[[Category:Agreement\|!]]		[[Category:Agreement\|!]]

Linguipedia: New page: '''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a target element agrees with a controller element in some morphosyntactic feature. ::* ''"The term ' 'agree...

2007-06-18T17:21:33Z

New page: '''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a target element agrees with a controller element in some morphosyntactic feature. ::* ''"The term ' 'agree...

New page

'''Agreement''' refers to a widespread syntactic situation in which a [[target]] element agrees with a [[controller]] element in some [[morphosyntactic feature]].

::* ''"The term ' 'agreement' ' commonly refers to some systematic covariance between a semantic or formal property of one element and a formal property of another."'' (Steele 1978:610)

===Examples===

*Agreement of [[article]] and [[adjective]] with [[noun]] in [[number]] and [[gender (morphology)|gender]]:

Spanish ''l-a casa nuev-a'' 'the new house', ''el libro nuev-o'' 'the new book', ''l-as casas nuev-as'' 'the new houses', ''l-os libros nuev-os'' 'the new books'

*Agreement of [[verb]] with [[subject]] noun phrase:

German ''ich kauf-e'' 'I buy', ''du kauf-st'' 'you(SG) buy', ''er kauf-t'' 'he buys', ''wir kauf-en'' 'we buy', ''ihr kauf-t'' 'you(PL) buy', ''sie kauf-en'' 'they buy'

===Synonyms===

* [[concord]] (but this term is often differentiated from agreement in various ways)
* [[congruence]] (this term is very rare in English, but German [[Kongruenz]] is the standard term for agreement)

===Subtypes===

*[[anaphoric agreement]], [[grammatical agreement]]
*[[alliterative agreement]]
*[[back agreement]]
*[[rich agreement]]

===References===

*[[Greville G. Corbett|Corbett, Greville G.]] 2006. ''Agreement.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*[[Steele, Susan]]. 1978. "Word order variation: a typological study." In: [[Greenberg, Joseph H.]] & [[Ferguson, Charles A.]] & [[Moravcsik, Edith A.]] (eds.) ''Universals of human language, vol. 4: Syntax.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 585-623.

===other languages===
German [[Kongruenz]]

{{dc}}
[[Category:Agreement|!]]