Classification parameters of improper grammatical agreement

Background. In the studies of Ukrainian linguists of the first half of the twentieth century (S. Smal-Stotskyi, F. Gartner, V. Simovych, S. Smerechynskyi, O. Syniavskyi), there were recorded special cases of agreement that differ from a typical agreement. The opposition of two types of agreement is actualized in modern grammar in terms of proper grammatical agreement and improper grammatical agreement. The latter is of scientific interest from the perspective of the mechanisms by which the structure’s components are bound together (determinative one with the function of a designated object dependent one with the function of the attribute of an object), as well as the expression of a determinative component, the motives of the choice of dependent word, and the classification parameterization. Purpose. The aim is to consider typological signs of an improper grammatical agreement, to characterize the factors for choice of the form of a dependent attributive component (verb and adjective), and to systematize the regular cases of the implementation of associative-grammatical, semantic and conditionally grammatical subtypes of agreement in the Ukrainian language. Methods. A set of methods is used: descriptive, structural, and functional ones. Results. A differential sign of an improper grammatical agreement is the absence of formally-grammatical indicator of connection in the determinative word: такс？ при？хало (unlike proper grammatical agreement, where the indicator is the forms of two combining components: машина при？хала). A determinative component can be expressed by substantives without flexions, substantives of undifferentiated gender (without indicators of the gender category), conjunctions of words, and sentences. The categorical form of a dependent component (finite verb or adjective word) is “predicted” by the structural and semantic specificity of a determinative component. Discussion. An associative-grammatical agreement, in fact, is a mediated grammatical agreement (the forms of a dependent component duplicate the forms of the word with which a determinative component is associated); the assimilation takes place following the example of grammatical agreement: сильний в？трище because of сильний в？тер？...