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Morphology and Pro Drop

2019
Abstract Many, and according to some estimates most, of the world’s languages allow the subject of the sentence to be unexpressed, a phenomenon known as ‘pro(noun) drop’. In a language like Italian, Gianni parla ‘Gianni speaks’ and Parla ‘(S)he speaks’ are both grammatical sentences.
Koeneman, O.N.C.J., Zeijlstra, H.
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Object agreement and ‘pro-drop’ in Kerinci Malay

Language, 2011
Kerinci is a group of grammatically diverse Malayic varieties spoken in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. This article focuses on a previously undescribed dialect of Kerinci, spoken in the village of Tanjung Pauh Mudik (TPM). Many Kerinci dialects have developed a morphological alternation in root-final syllables as a result of stress-related ...
McKinnon, T., Cole, P., Hermon, G. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4414-7488   +2 more
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Interlanguage and the pro-drop parameter

Interlanguage studies bulletin (Utrecht), 1986
There is a relatively stable period in child L 1 acquisition during which surface subjects can be omitted. This period is also characterized by the absence of modals and expletives. With the emergence of modals and expletives, absent subjects disappear.
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ECP und Pro-Drop

1988
In diesem Abschnitt beschaftigen wir uns mit einer Art von Identifikationsprinzip fur leere Kategorien, dem sogenannten „Empty Category Principle“, ECP genannt. Ganz gegen unsere sonstigen Gewohnheiten verzichten wir auf unsere fruhere Eindeutschung, und bezeichnen das „Leer-Kategorien-Prinzip“ schlicht als ECP.
Arnim von Stechow, Wolfgang Sternefeld
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‘Arbitrary’ Pro and the Theory of Pro-Drop

2006
Abstract Since Rizzi’s influential work (1986a) on pro-drop, it has been generally assumed that null subject pronouns pattern together depending on their u-role. The idea is that null pronouns bearing a full u-role need more con- tent identification than null pronouns bearing a quasi-u-role or no u-role at all (section 8.1).
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Nominative Subjects and Pro‐Drop INFL

Syntax, 1998
In this article I discuss pro and its licensing strategies. I argue that the D‐feature postulated by Chomsky (1995) for Tense and v can be realized in a separate head, namely, on a D, which then licenses pro (along the lines of Torrego (1998)). Focusing on nominative subjects in certain infinitival clauses of Catalan, Italian, and Spanish, I propose ...
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Pro-drop to non-pro-drop

2020
Carolina Barrera-Tobón, Rocío Raña Risso   +1 more
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Russian as a Partial Pro-Drop Language

2015
<div> <p>This paper explores the grammaticality and interpretation of referential null subjects (NSs) in Russian in distinct clausal types. Based on the results of an online survey (carried out by about 140 respondents), we show that in contrast with generalizations typically hypothesized for partial pro-drop languages (Holmberg, Nayudu ...
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Developing pro-drop: the case of Cimbrian

2018
The syntax of Cimbrian, a Germanic heritage language, is at a peculiar developmental stage: on the one hand it has lost the V2 linear restriction, but still maintains both pronominal subject inversion and a residual root-embedded word order asymmetry; on the other, it is characterized by both ‘free’ subject inversion (VP DP) and the systematic ...
Bidese, Ermenegildo, Tomaselli, Alessandra   +1 more
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Turkish as a non-pro-drop language

2020
The aim of this study is to argue against the claim that Turkish is a pro-drop languagewithin the framework of Government and Binding Theory.As Turkish reveals rich agreement morphology, where verbs agree with their subjectsin number and person, in certain cases, the pronominal subjects are not overtlyexpressed.
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