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The deeper linguistic function of subject-verb agreement

MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa is the author of the new book, “Syntax in the Treetops,” published today by the MIT Press. Credit: MIT Press. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT. If you are in Bucharest and impatiently waiting for, say, your children to head off to school in the morning, you might hear yourself saying something like, "Haideţi caţi întârziat, ce mai!" Or: "Obviously, you are late!"…