Samsvarsuttalelser

Samsvarsuttalelser is a Swedish linguistic term used to describe utterances that illustrate concord or agreement between elements in a sentence. The word is formed from samsvar (“agreement” or “concord”) and uttalelser (“utterances”). In practice, samsvarsuttalelser refer to sentences selected or constructed to demonstrate how different parts of a sentence must agree in form, such as number, gender, definiteness or person.

Usage and scope: The term appears mainly in Swedish grammar teaching and in corpus linguistics when annotating or illustrating agreement phenomena. Typical areas include noun–adjective concord, determiner–noun concord, subject–verb agreement, and pronoun–antecedent agreement. In textbooks, samsvarsuttalelser are used as example sentences to show correct or incorrect agreement and to help learners notice morphological patterns across the language. The label is primarily found in Swedish-language resources and may be used differently by different authors.

Examples:

- Den stora bilen står utanför.

- De stora husen är gamla.

These illustrate adjective inflection in definite and plural forms and noun phrase agreement with a plural subject and a definite noun.

Relation to other concepts: Samsvarsuttalelser are related to broader topics such as subject–verb agreement, noun–adjective concord, pronoun–antecedent agreement, grammatical gender, and definiteness. See also Concord (grammar), Agreement, Swedish grammar, and language teaching.

Notes: The term is a didactic label rather than a rigid theoretical category and its exact definition can vary across Swedish-language grammars and corpora annotations.