Becker (an Givón, 1979:210): "..., the diachronic process is really from 'topic + subject' to 'subject + agreement'."

Ikusten genuen atzo eta herenegun nóla Givon-ek (1979:38-39) aztertzen zuén mekanismo sintaktiko historiko oso zabaldu bat nondik sortuko zén aditz-morfologia zein zen konkordatzen kin sujetua:

... the historical process by which subject topic-shift ("left-dislocation") constructions eventually change into "neutral", subject constructions with grammatical agreement. [Givón, 1979:38]

Prozesu hori laburbiluz, Givón-ek berak jasotzen du an bere 1979ko liburua ("On undertnding grammar") ondorengo komentarioa ganik Pete Becker hizkuntzalaria (komunikazio personala):

As Pete Becker (personal communication) points out, the diachronic process is really from topic + subject to subject + agreement. [an Givón, 1979:210]

Bestela esanda, prozesu historiko oso zabaldu horretan, sujetu zahar pronominal bat (izenordea) bihurtzen dá aditz-konkordantzia (aditz-morfologia), bitárten, aldi berean, hasierako mintzagai bat (topic) dén bihurtzen sujetu berria.

Horrek, esan gabe doa, utzi ahal ditú arrasto morfologikoak gainén posizio zaharra on sujetua respektu aditza. [1751] [>>>]