Classroom:LING2208 - Annotating Ga
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Agreement
eg. Eyɔse efufeemɔ ni eyimli ni emli ewola ni erɛɛehoehe shi ekolɛ ni ehiɛ etɛŋ fe tsutsu.
He realized his folly later and went away sad and angry but perhaps wiser than before.
Within the domain of the construction above, i.e. the sentence, there is an agreement relationship with recourse to the features NUMBER (specifically, singular) and PERSON (3rd). Specifically, the controller (here, a pronominal ‘e’ - he) which has been integrated into the verb (‘eyɔse’ – he realized) determines the NUMBER and PERSON of the remaining pronouns (highlighted). Hence, since the controller is singular in NUMBER and 3rd in PERSON, the same values are adopted or taken on by the remaining pronouns or controlees/targets.
Clause Linkage