Reconciling synchrony, diachrony and usage in verb number agreement with complex collective subjects. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yolanda Fernández-Pena.
• Authors: Fernandez-Pena, Yolanda
• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Complex collective subjects and verb number agreement in English: State of the art 3. Insights from diachrony: Reconciling form and meaning 4. Modelling variation in verb number agreement with complex collective subjects in Present-Day English 5. Concluding remarks and propects for future research
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 425.6; English language -- Number; English language -- Verb; English language -- Collective nouns; English language -- Number -- Case studies; English language -- Verb -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000282009; 9781000281965; 9781000281989; 9780367815899
• Related ISBNs: 9780367417154
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