monstrous agreement
The phenomenon, in certain languages, of anaphoric references within an item of…The phenomenon, in certain languages, of anaphoric references within an item of reported speech to the subject of the report agreeing in the first person (equivalent to *“He said that he am coming”).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The phenomenon, in certain languages, of anaphoric references within an item of reported speech to the subject of the report agreeing in the first person (equivalent to *“He said that he am coming”).
Origin
Coined by linguist Sandhya Sundaresan in 2011.Coined by linguist Sandhya Sundaresan in 2011.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable