Humans, animals, things and animacy

• Published in: Open Linguistics
• Main Authors: Bayanati, S. (Shiva), Toivonen, I. (Ida)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Agreement; Animacy; Features; Inari; saami
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/24732; https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2019-0010

Animacy influences the patterns of subject-verb agreement marking in many languages, including Persian and Inari Saami. In Persian, animate plural subjects trigger plural agreement on the verb, whereas inanimate subjects may or may not trigger agreement. The variation is governed by factors such as...