Some languages exhibit Person Case Constraint effects alongside complex person systems

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Is it true that some languages exhibit Person Case Constraint effects alongside complex person systems?

Yes. Multiple linguistic studies confirm that various natural languages exhibit Person Case Constraint (PCC) effects operating within complex person and agreement systems.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked 5 Aug 2026

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The retrieved literature (specifically papers 0, 2, and 3) directly discusses the Person Case Constraint (PCC) and its cross-linguistic manifestations, including how it interacts with complex person features and agreement systems in natural language syntax. No papers refute or contradict this claim.

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Syntax and Syncretisms of the Person Case Constraint

2007

The paper discusses the Person Case Constraint in relation to case syncretism and morphosyntactic structures in languages with complex person systems.

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Adger, D. & Harbour, D. (2007). Syntax and Syncretisms of the Person Case Constraint. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9612.2007.00095.x

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Extending the Person-Case Constraint to Gender: Agreement, Locality, and the Syntax of Pronouns

2022

The paper examines Person-Case Constraints across languages, specifically connecting them to complex person and animacy-based gender systems in pronominal and clitic combinations.

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Foley, S. & Toosarvandani, M. (2022). Extending the Person-Case Constraint to Gender: Agreement, Locality, and the Syntax of Pronouns. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00395

The Person Case Constraint

2017

The survey details the cross-linguistic robustness, versions, and syntactic frameworks of the Person Case Constraint alongside related person agreement restrictions.

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Anagnostopoulou, E. (2017). The Person Case Constraint. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118358733.wbsyncom101

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