Bhatia and Bhatt (2023): Copular agreement in Hindi-Urdu

Sakshi Bhatia (’19) and Rajesh Bhatt have published a paper in Glossa. The full article is available through the link below:

https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5777/

Abstract (preview)

In this paper, we present an analysis of Copular Agreement in Hindi-Urdu. We examine assumed identity copula structures (e.g., For today, I am him.), where we show that the broad characterization of the Hindi-Urdu agreement generalization – ‘agree with the highest unmarked DP’ – is insufficient: a structurally lower unmarked nominal has a demonstrable impact on the availability of agreement with a higher unmarked nominal. (…)