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Subject Alternation and Antecedent Preference in Romanian

open access: yesDiscours
In this paper, we will study the use of null pronouns on the one hand and the interpretation of null and pronominal subjects on the other hand in Romanian. While both questions have been studied across a wide range of Romance languages, empirical data on
Fabian Istrate   +2 more
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L’emplec dels pronoms subjèctes e la lenga d’Augièr Galhard

open access: yesLengas, 2007
In the form of Occitan used by Augièr Galhard (1533 ?-1595 ?) subject pronouns occur with a high degree of frequency. Medieval Occitan however can accurately be classified as null subject language and the same is true for more recent forms of the ...
Patric Sauzet
doaj   +1 more source

Middle-Passive Constructions, Dative Possessors, and Word Order in Spanish

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
This paper examines data from Spanish middle-passive sentences whose grammatical subject contains a body-part noun, externally possessed by means of a dative possessor.
Imanol Suárez-Palma
doaj   +1 more source

Overt and null pronominal subject in negative clauses in Brazilian Portuguese

open access: yes, 2023
Investigamos o fenômeno da omissão e expressão de sujeitos pronominais em orações negativas simples (e.g. Ele não come carne), um conhecido contexto de resistência para o sujeito nulo em PB.
Othero, Gabriel de Ávila   +1 more
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The function of pronominal expressions in Puxian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Puxian, a Min dialect of China, has many significant linguistic features. Based on a corpus of spoken data, this thesis sets out to examine aspects of the grammar of pronominal expressions in Puxian, focusing especially on three prominent issues in the ...
Siewierska, Anna   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Null Subjects in European and Brazilian Portuguese

open access: yesJournal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2005
The goals of this paper are twofold: a) to provide a structural account of the effects of the informal ‘Avoid Pronoun Principle’, proposed in Chomsky (1981: 65) for the Null Subject Languages (NSLs), and b) to compare, in European and Brazilian ...
Maria do Pilar Pereira Barbosa   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Language Dominance Shapes Protracted Development of Nonpersonal Clitics (Even) in Cases of Widespread Bilingualism

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Little research has explored how language dominance may affect the development and ultimate attainment of morphosyntax in a situation of widespread and social bilingualism, where exposure to both languages starts early on and can be sustained over time.
Adriana Soto‐Corominas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Null Subjects in Northeast English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper presents data and analysis relating to null subjects in spoken colloquial English. While English is not a „pro-drop? language (i.e.
Bailey, Laura R.
core  

The appearance, motion, and disappearance of three-dimensional magnetic null points [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
N.A.M. acknowledges support from NASA grants NNX11AB61G, NNX12AB25G, and NNX15AF43G; NASA contract NNM07AB07C; and NSF SHINE grants AGS-1156076 and AGS-1358342 to SAO. C.E.P.
Parnell, Clare Elizabeth   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring accessibility in direct object constructions in Santomean Portuguese

open access: yesIsogloss
Null and pronominal direct objects have been extensively studied in both European Portuguese (EP) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP). We aim to characterize the properties and distribution of null/pronominal objects in STP, by comparing them with those of EP ...
Rita Gonçalves, Ana Madeira
doaj   +1 more source

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