English subject-verb concord can pose problems to learners such as omission of third person singular inflection and overextension due linguistic typology, phonological perceptual factors, syntax, the number nouns acting subject sentence, among others. A group that invites confusion is what Huddleston Pullum (2002) call with Latin plural endings whose forms are uncommon compared their counterpar...

Abstract This paper investigates the syntax and semantics of third person singular pronoun ɦi⁶ in Shanghainese its non-referential use. Evidence from phonological dependence syntactic integration with preceding host verb is presented to show that a clitic. It further observed this use requires licensing [+subjunctive] feature, echoing Qian (2004) Jin (2016) . However, my analysis diverges their...

In a language that allows null pronouns, why would a speaker bother to use an overt pronoun at all? A traditional answer is that an overt pronoun contains agreement information necessary for the identification of its antecedent. But this cannot possibly be the answer in languages like Turkish, which has subject-verb agreement, but no gender; since the verb already indicates the person and numbe...

Possessiveness at a certain stage of development could be expressed by the forms personal pronouns. In many languages, verbs with special indicators belonging, which are possessive, enclitic pronouns, form possessive conjugation. The material identity considered in and nouns shows their common origin. As noun verb differentiated, these single formants were subjected to splitting: they remained ...

In this study, the L2 acquisition of English third person-s in different settings is examined. Two types knowledge are declarative as about a grammatical rule, and procedural ability to use these rules spoken production. Data on was collected from 32 young learners Sweden 44 Vietnam. The learners' grammar assessed using elicitation instruments that captured subject-verb agreement person singula...