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Transfer at the syntax-pragmatics interface: Pronominal subjects in bilingual Turkish

Second Language Research, 2010
This study investigates the issue of crosslinguistic influence in the domain of subject realization in Turkish in simultaneous acquisition of Turkish and English. The use of subjects in a null subject language like Turkish is a phenomenon linked to the pragmatics—syntax interface of the grammar and, thus, is a domain where crosslinguistic interference
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Pragmatic deficits with syntactic consequences?: L2 pronominal subjects and the syntax–pragmatics interface

Journal of Pragmatics, 2009
Contemporary acquisition theorizing has placed a considerable amount of attention on interfaces, points at which different linguistic modules interact. The claim is that vulnerable interfaces cause particular difficulties in L1, bilingual and adult L2 acquisition (e.g. Platzack, 2001; Montrul, 2004; Muller and Hulk, 2001; Sorace, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Jason Rothman
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Contrasting pronominal subjects

Languages in Contrast, 2017
AbstractPronominal subject use constitutes a potential challenge in translation because of cross-linguistic differences: while the subject must be expressed in non-null subject languages, this is not necessary in null subject languages. The aim of the paper is twofold: first, to show that the type of source language influences the frequency of personal
Agnes Pisanski Peterlin   +1 more
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Variation of subject pronominal expression in Mandarin Chinese

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2012
This study investigated the variation of subject pronominal expression in Mandarin Chinese. The data were collected from 20 speakers in three discourse contexts including informal conversations, elicited narratives, and teacher classroom speech. A multivariate analysis of 8,507 tokens revealed that the linguistic constraints that affect Chinese ...
Xiaoshi Li, Xiaoqing Chen, Wen-Hsin Chen
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Pronominal and Expletive Subjects in Germanic

2023
The syntax ofGermanic subject pronouns is only minimally different from nominal subjects. Germanic has to a large extent dispensed with null subjects, leading to a tendency to also use pronouns to refer to highly accessible subjects and the frequent use of expletive subjects, for instance with weather verbs or in other impersonal constructions ...
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VARIATION IN SUBJECT PRONOMINAL EXPRESSION IN L2 CHINESE

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2013
This study investigates subject pronominal expression in second language Chinese and compares learner usage with patterns found in their first language. The results show that (a) overt pronouns are used more for singular, +animate subjects than plural, –animate ones; (b) switch in subject surface form favors overt pronouns; (c) English and Russian ...
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