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Pro ‐drop and Theories of pro in the Minimalist Program Part 1: Consistent Null Subject Languages and the Pronominal‐Agr Hypothesis

Language and Linguistics Compass, 2011
Abstract Some languages allow for phonetically null arguments in certain environments. Others do not. This phenomenon, known as pro ‐drop , arose particular interest in the 80s with the theory of
Pilar Barbosa
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The interpretation of pro in consistent and partial null-subject languages

Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018
This chapter deals with the acceptability and interpretation of referential null subjects (NSs) and compares consistent pro-drop in Italian with equivalent sentences in Finnish (a partial NS language), in different syntactic constructions (matrix, completive, factive, and adverbial clauses).
Mara Frascarelli
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6 Subject realization in Bulgarian, a consistent null subject language: Theoretical issues and empirical facts

Null Subjects in Slavic and Finno-Ugric, 2022
Dobrinka Genevska-Hanke
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Agree, agreement dissociation and subject ellipsis. Towards a new characterization of the Null Subject Parameter

Probus
This paper offers a new characterization of the Null Subject Parameter (NSP). I contend that the NSP must be modeled referring to two main properties of the Agree/agreement systems: (i) presence/absence of abstract Agree, and (ii) presence/absence of ...
Andrés Saab
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Variationist typology: Shared probabilistic constraints across (non-)null subject languages

Linguistics, 2019
A key parameter in received classifications of language types is the expression of pronominal subjects. Here we compare variation patterns in conversational data of English – considered a non-null-subject language – and Spanish – a well-studied null ...
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Catherine E. Travis   +1 more
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Three partial null-subject languages: a comparison of Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, and Marathi

Studia Linguistica, 2009
A. Holmberg, A. Nayudu, Michelle Sheehan
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Overt subjects in early Basque and other null subject languages

International Journal of Bilingualism, 2013
M. Ezeizabarrena
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Language-specific properties and overt pronoun interpretation:The case of L2 Japanese

Second Language Research, 2023
Research on second language (L2) pronoun use in null-argument languages has traditionally focused on whether or not a speaker’s first language (L1) also allows null pronouns.
Marisa Nagano, Gita Martohardjono
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Chapter 13. From a Romance null subject grammar to a non-null subject grammar

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory, 2019
Null subjects and “free” inversion are traditionally considered to be among the cluster of properties that distinguish null subject languages (NSLs), like European Portuguese (EP) and Italian, from non-null subject languages (NNSLs), like English and ...
Joana Teixeira
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On null-subject languages and the Overt Pronoun Constraint: A comparison of English, Mandarin and Japanese

Second Language Research, 2023
This study reports on findings from two experiments investigating the interpretive patterns of overt pronouns in an embedded subject position with three types of matrix subjects (i.e.
Yi-ching Su, Ho-Yun Hsieh, Devin Tankersley, Chia-hsing Chen   +3 more
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