tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560198985086171460.post3527902549331678342..comments2023-06-16T02:22:45.769-07:00Comments on miniatureconlangs: Detail #358: A Congruence System with some QuirksMiekkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03254032879671190589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560198985086171460.post-67742127372983914842017-11-04T07:38:30.421-07:002017-11-04T07:38:30.421-07:00IIRC, according to Corbett's Agreement, the di...IIRC, according to Corbett's <em>Agreement</em>, the distance between agreement controller and agreement target as well as their order often plays a role in the likelihood of semantic agreement to occur when the language otherwise prefers formal (i.e. morphosyntactic) agreement. Formality is also a factor in this. Languages also differ in their resolution rules for agreement conflicts (e.g. committee nouns like 'family' or hybrid nouns like 'child').Carstennoreply@blogger.com