Non-subject agreement elements were
believed to exist in transitive verbs. However, their
presence is attested in Amharic intransitive and passive
verbs too. This work examines their nature and function in
structures of relative clauses. The result shows that the
non-subject agreement elements which were termed as AgrO
mark pro or NPs that are direct objects and direct cognate
objects in transitives and passives, but only direct
cognate objects in intransitives. They are also believed to
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