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Expression of anaphoric subjects in Vera'a: Functional and structural factors in the choice between pronoun and zero [PDF]
Language Variation and Change, 2020 AbstractThe choice between a pronoun and zero anaphor for the expression of third-person subjects is examined in a corpus of Vera'a (Oceanic). While predominantly expressed by a pronoun, subjects are found to permit zero form with referents that have low anaphoric distance.
Schnell, Stefan, Barth, Danielle
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Frontiers in Communication, 2021 The relationship between pronoun production and pronoun interpretation has been proposed to follow Bayesian principles, combining a comprehender’s expectation about which referent will be mentioned next and their estimate of how likely it is that a ...
Jet Hoek +2 more
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Corela, 2021 This paper is devoted to a singular use of definite descriptions in the online tabloids. Many definite descriptions, such as Jill Biden's husband to designate Joe Biden and Melania's husband to designate Donald Trump, appear unrelated to the subject ...
Mathilde Salles
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Variable Subject Pronoun Expression in the Spanish of Londombia: A study of language contact in Canada [PDF]
, 2021 According to the extended projection principle, subjects are mandatory in tensed clauses (Chomsky 1982). Languages, however, vary in their use of null and overt subjects. Languages like English, which are [-null subject] languages, require overt subjects (1a), rendering phrases with null subjects ungrammatical (1b), while languages like Spanish, which ...
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The Interaction Effects on the Variable Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish
Lingüística y Literatura, 2020 This research project sought to explore the non-orthogonal role of the factors that condition the use of pronominal subjects in Spanish (SPE) through a quantitative analysis of interviews, systematized by cross tabulation and trees of conditional inference, in order to explore such interaction effects.
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Null subject pronouns in Papiá Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese)
Journal of Portuguese LinguisticsThis paper investigates variation in the subject pronoun expression (SPE) in Papiá Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese), a language without verb inflection. Previous accounts of Kristang (Baxter, 1988, 2012b; Hancock, 1969, 1973; Knowlton, 1964; R&
Alan Norman Baxter +1 more
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Discours, 2020 The present study investigates subject expression in two generations of Portuguese migrants living in Hamburg, Germany. Based on a corpus of oral speech, we aim to assess whether second generation heritage speakers (HSs) differ from first generation ...
Cristina Flores, Esther Rinke
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn +9 more
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, 2023 Subject pronoun expression in Spanish is regulated by functional factors while the role of the mechanical factor priming, or perseveration, has been a source of debate. Additionally, 3sg subjects have been identified as more difficult to acquire than 1sg in L2 Spanish.
Ana {de Prada Pérez}, Nick Feroce
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