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The Singular Plurality of Verb Discord in English*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

W. H. Hirtle
W. H. Hirtle*
Affiliation:
Laval University
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Extract

Number discord between subject and verb raises a theoretical problem for which linguists have, as yet, provided no satisfactory answer. Since facts of both morphology and syntax are involved, it is a problem which brings into focus the relation between what Guillaumians call tongue and discourse. First I shall outline the problem by giving a number of examples, and then try to suggest one avenue which might be explored in the hopes of finding a solution.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , Spring 1982 , pp. 47 - 54
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1982

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