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Subject Alternation and Antecedent Preference in Romanian

Discours
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, Anne Abeillé, Barbara Hemforth   +2 more
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Kinship‐based deference among Jaru siblings: A collaborative, adaptive, and multimodal accomplishment

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract In the Jaru community of northern Western Australia, certain in‐laws and relatives are categorized as being in a highly respectful relationship in which they are expected to pay deference to one another. This conversation‐analytic study closely examines the deferential practices that are used among three Jaru siblings in an ordinary multi ...
Josua Dahmen
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The Interaction of Functional Predictors and the Mechanical Predictor Perseveration in a Variationist Analysis of Caribbean Spanish Heritage Speaker Subject Pronoun Expression

Languages, 2020
Subject pronoun expression (SPE) in Spanish has been widely studied across monolingual and bilingual varieties, showing a consistent effect of functional predictors.
Ana de Prada Pérez
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Fossilization of English as an L2 non-native constructions at the syntax-discourse interface in Romance L1 speakers

Revista Nebrija de Linguistica Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas, 2021
This study examines and compares the English as a foreign language production of two groups of speakers with respect to certain manifestations of the expression of the subject in discourse.
Marciano Escutia López
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Ingroup/outgroup dynamics and agency markers in Italian parliamentary language. A gender-based socio-psychological analysis of the speeches of men and women deputies (2001 and 2006). [PDF]

, 2017
The most recent literature on gender differences in language use has shown that the Italian political communication enacted by men and women parliamentarians only partly reflects and reproduces the asymmetries and stereotypes widespread in society ...
ARENI, Alessandra, GIULIANO, Luca Carlo, SENSALES, Gilda   +2 more
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PRONOMINAL SUBJECT IN ALAGOAS: A CASE OF CHANGE IN PROGRESS

Diadorim: revista de estudos linguísticos e literários, 2023
Several studies demonstrate that Brazilian Portuguese is in a process of change in relation to the way in which pronominal subjects are carried out. There is a clear preference for full achievements over null subjects. However, these studies are mostly based on speech samples from the Southeast Region, which does not invalidate the research, but leaves
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge of expletive and pronominal subjects by learners of Spanish [PDF]

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2002
Abstract Abstract A number of studies investigating second language acquisition (SLA) from the perspective of Principles and Parameters Theory (P&P, CHOMSKY, 1981, 1995) have focused on the pro-drop parameter, and have argued that older second language learners are sensitive to the different, properties it purportedly covers (e ...
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Microparametric variation in the syntax of Spanish and Greek pronominal subjects

Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2020
The present research aims to investigate the interface phenomenon of third-person subject distribution in two prototypical null subject (NS) languages, Greek and Spanish focusing on Chilean Spanish, in adult monolingual speakers. The data were obtained from oral production of narratives (Study 1) and anaphora resolution (AR) (Study 2).
Giannakou, Aretousa, Sitaridou, Ioanna
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Politeness in pronouns : third-person reference in Byzantine documentary papyri [PDF]

, 2017
In many languages, a person can be addressed either in the second person singular or second person plural. While the former indicates familiarity and/or lack of respect, the latter suggests distance and/or respect towards the addressee.
Bentein, Klaas
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