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Syntax, 2014
AbstractThis paper presents a case study of a group of null‐subject languages in which there is referentialprothat fails to satisfy the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) because it does not move to Spec,TP. Thus, this group of null‐subject languages contrasts with the more familiar type of null‐subject languages, such as Romance and Greek, in which ...
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AbstractThis paper presents a case study of a group of null‐subject languages in which there is referentialprothat fails to satisfy the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) because it does not move to Spec,TP. Thus, this group of null‐subject languages contrasts with the more familiar type of null‐subject languages, such as Romance and Greek, in which ...
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2013
The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is ...
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The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is ...
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Studia Linguistica, 2013
AbstractFew studies have investigated referential null subjects in present‐day non‐standard varieties of German. This paper explores the distribution of 4,000 null and overt referential subjects in finite clauses in a new corpus of spoken Swabian, a North Alemannic dialect spoken in Southwest Germany.
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AbstractFew studies have investigated referential null subjects in present‐day non‐standard varieties of German. This paper explores the distribution of 4,000 null and overt referential subjects in finite clauses in a new corpus of spoken Swabian, a North Alemannic dialect spoken in Southwest Germany.
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Null Subjects Are Reflexives, Not Pronouns
2007It has been a prevalent assumption in the literature that phonetically null Subjects of finite clauses are pronouns. This paper examines in detail this empirical generalization and argues that null Subjects are reflexives rather than pronouns. The critical point at stake here, which has obscured appropriate classification, is that null Subjects are ...
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From a Romance null subject grammar to a non-null subject grammar
2019Abstract This study investigates the acquisition of pronominal subjects by advanced and near-native speakers of English whose L1s are European Portuguese (EP), a null subject language (NSL), and French, a non-NSL (NNSL). Two experimental tasks were
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Comparing null subjects and null objects
Abstract This paper presents a corpus-based analysis of the antecedent preferences of anaphoric null objects in European Portuguese. It suggests that the sentential domain, the syntactic function, and the animacy of the antecedent determine the selection of the referent of null objects, similar to what has been ...openaire +1 more source
2002
Abstract The standard, albeit problematical, assumption that PRO and pro are distinct is retained as a working hypothesis. Safir (1996: 84ff.) discusses criteria to differentiate PRO and pro: (i) pro, but not PRO, can be a resumptive pronoun in relative clauses in null subject languages; (ii) pro, but not PRO, can be an expletive; (iii ...
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Abstract The standard, albeit problematical, assumption that PRO and pro are distinct is retained as a working hypothesis. Safir (1996: 84ff.) discusses criteria to differentiate PRO and pro: (i) pro, but not PRO, can be a resumptive pronoun in relative clauses in null subject languages; (ii) pro, but not PRO, can be an expletive; (iii ...
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1995
Abstract This chapter surveys the range of problems associated with the analysis of null subjects in the Slavic languages.1 In it are explored some of the ramifications of recent proposals within GB theory about the factors motivating case assignment to subject position.
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Abstract This chapter surveys the range of problems associated with the analysis of null subjects in the Slavic languages.1 In it are explored some of the ramifications of recent proposals within GB theory about the factors motivating case assignment to subject position.
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Null subjects: Comments on valian (1990)
Cognition, 1993In this paper, I do not claim that any particular parameter-setting approach is correct, or even provide a characterization of subjectless sentences in children's speech. The only point of this paper is to show that Valian's argument that single-value solutions for setting the null subject parameter have insoluble problems is incorrect.
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1986
One of the most noticeable characteristics of early language is the frequent absence of lexical subjects. Sentences like those in (1) have been attested in every study of the early periods in the acquisition of English (McNeil, 1966; Gruber, 1967; Menyuk, 1969; Bloom, 1970; Braine, 1976, among others).
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One of the most noticeable characteristics of early language is the frequent absence of lexical subjects. Sentences like those in (1) have been attested in every study of the early periods in the acquisition of English (McNeil, 1966; Gruber, 1967; Menyuk, 1969; Bloom, 1970; Braine, 1976, among others).
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