Case Agreement (Noun)
Meaning
Agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The language requires case agreement between the adjective and noun in a given phrase to be grammatically correct.
- In some languages, case agreement can be used to indicate grammatical function or relationships between words in a sentence.
- The use of case agreement is pivotal in languages with complex case systems, such as Russian or Arabic, where meaning can change based on case.
- Many linguists argue that case agreement in languages is more essential in expression than is thought, and that a strong emphasis should be placed on it in language learning.
- The phrase 'the book in the drawer', in some languages such as German or French, requires case agreement to correctly identify the grammatical function of 'book' and 'drawer'.