[When the controller consists of conjoined NPs and they have features which require resolution,] in person resolution the first person takes precedence over the second, and the second over the third.
Standardized
In agreement with conjoined NPs and person resolution is required, when the conjuncts include a 1st person, 1st person agreement forms will be used; otherwise, when the conjuncts include a 2nd person, 2nd person agreement forms will be used; otherwise, 3rd person agreement forms (the default) are used.
Keywords
agreement, coordination, resolution rules, person, person hierarchy, 1, 2, 3
1. “It has been claimed that rules equivalent to those given above are universal. This suggestion appears well founded, not only because such rules are reported frequently, but also because they match the hierarchy of reference which constrains pronominal systems independently of the resolution rules” (Corbett 1991: 262f).Here is the problem: there are lgs where addressee is ranked above speaker in the reference hierarchy, and where the categories “1st/2nd person” have a different meaning. See further Plank 1984, and others.
1. “It has been claimed that rules equivalent to those given above are universal. This suggestion appears well founded, not only because such rules are reported frequently, but also because they match the hierarchy of reference which constrains pronominal systems independently of the resolution rules” (Corbett 1991: 262f).Here is the problem: there are lgs where addressee is ranked above speaker in the reference hierarchy, and where the categories “1st/2nd person” have a different meaning. See further Plank 1984, and others.