Book contents
- An Areal Typology of Agreement Systems
- An Areal Typology of Agreement Systems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Theoretical Prerequisites
- Part II Empirical Results
- 7 The Sample of Languages
- 8 Areal and Genetic Patterns in Agreement Systems
- 9 Typological Correlations in Agreement Systems
- 10 Diachronic Patterns in the Development of Agreement
- 11 Conclusions
- Appendix: Languages in the Database
- References
- Language Index
- Subject Index
9 - Typological Correlations in Agreement Systems
from Part II - Empirical Results
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2018
Book contents
- An Areal Typology of Agreement Systems
- An Areal Typology of Agreement Systems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Theoretical Prerequisites
- Part II Empirical Results
- 7 The Sample of Languages
- 8 Areal and Genetic Patterns in Agreement Systems
- 9 Typological Correlations in Agreement Systems
- 10 Diachronic Patterns in the Development of Agreement
- 11 Conclusions
- Appendix: Languages in the Database
- References
- Language Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Chapter 9 applies statistical analyses to establish which agreement patterns are correlated, irrespective of the areas in which they are found. For example, we show that the rareness of languages with adnominal agreement without verbal agreement is statistically unexpected, and that languages with grammatical verbal agreement (i.e. where the controller of verbal agreement is obligatorily present in all clauses) regularly also have some adnominal agreement. On the other hand, we were unable to show any clear correlation between the presence or absence of agreement and word order patterns.
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- An Areal Typology of Agreement Systems , pp. 123 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018