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Úskalia gramatickej zhody
Pitfalls of the Grammatical Congruence Effect

Author(s): Ján Kačala
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: compound sentence; grammatical agreement (concord); branched agreement; numeral one; grammatical agreement violation

Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the application of grammatical agreement (concord) in syntactic constructions with a more complex grammatical and semantic structure. They analyze a construction in which the numeral "one" inconnection with the preposition "z" (of) creates abranched agreement of numeral form, on one hand with the subject noun, and on the other hand with a noun forming part of a compound construction such as "jeden z najväčších géniov" (one of the greatest geniuses). In the second part, the author discusses some cases of violations of the grammatical agreement in syntactic structures involving more complex sentence constructions.

  • Issue Year: 55/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 129-142
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak