Comparative Syntactic Analysis of Subject-Verb Agreement in Urdu and English Language

Abstract

Syntax deals with the combination of words and phrases to construct a sentence. It has been observed that syntax is the core component of linguistics. A significant number of studies are available on syntactic analysis but limited research is available on comparative syntactic analysis of subject-verb agreement. Therefore, applying a qualitative comparative approach by collecting secondary data, the current study aims to explore the comparative syntactic analysis of subject-verb agreement in Urdu and English. The study highlighted that Urdu is more complex and has an inflectional structure of subject-verb agreement as compared to English which has a simpler and more analytic structure. This study contributes to the understanding of the challenges faced by Urdu speakers in learning the English language.  A number of practical insights are also prescribed for improving ESL pedagogy.