Person Syncretism

The database documents instances where the marking of subject person on verbs is syncretic (two or more person values represented by a single form), covering 111 genetically and geographically diverse languages. The database also records properties which might be conditioning factors for syncretism: tense/aspect/mood, inflectional class, gender of subject, and syntactic context.

The database was created for the project 'Where word forms collide: a typology of syncretism' , funded by the Economic and Social Research Council under grant number R000237939. This support is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank the European Thematic Network 'Language Typology Resource Centre' and University of Surrey Research Committee for additional funds which have allowed for an enhanced web interface.