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UAM6bccab47f2644d27b5f09d1d52b8ff3a

Author

Jacek Witkoś Jacek Witkoś,, Zakład Angielsko-Polskiego Językoznawstwa Porównawczego [nowa struktura organizacyjna] (SNoJiL/WA/JWA)School of Languages and Literatures (SNoJiL)

Pages

1-33

Book

Dalmi Gréte, Gréte Dalmi,, Undefined Affiliation Tsedryk Egor, Egor Tsedryk,, Undefined Affiliation Cegłowski Piotr Piotr Cegłowski,, Zakład Angielsko-Polskiego Językoznawstwa Porównawczego [nowa struktura organizacyjna] (SNoJiL/WA/JWA)School of Languages and Literatures (SNoJiL) (eds.): Null subjects in Slavic and Finno-Ugric: licensing, structure and typology, Studies in Generative Grammar, vol. 145, 2022, De Gruyter, 379 p., ISBN 9781501520228. DOI:10.1515/9781501513848 Opening in a new tab

Keywords in original language

syntax, subject, pro-drop, typology of Null Subject Languages, Agree, feature valuation

Abstract in original language

In the Principles-and-Parameters framework, null subjects in finite clauses were particularly interesting from a cross-linguistic perspective, as they seemed to be attributable to a single parameter separating “null subject languages” (NSLs), such as Italian and Spanish, from those that require lexical or pronominal subjects (e.g., English and French). This view was in part driven by early attempts to identify a set of properties that characterize NSLs (Taraldsen 1980, Rizzi 1982) and the subsequent attempt to offer a generalized theory of null pronouns, so-called “little pro’s”, in both subject and object positions (Rizzi 1986). The theory was subsequently extended to “impersonal sentences” and “non-referential” instances of null arguments, the so-called “arbitrary pro” (Cinque 1988; Cabredo-Hofherr 2003). Furthermore, it has been shown that in addition to purely formal means to license null subjects (i.e. verbal agreement), grammar may also resort to discursive means (e.g., topicalization) that play a crucial role in “radical pro-drop” languages such as Japanese and Chinese (Huang 1984, 1989). These early attempts triggered an unprecedented interest in null arguments across languages. Subsequent research has shown that null subject phenomena are not reducible to a single parameter.

DOI

DOI:10.1515/9781501513848-001 Opening in a new tab

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513848-001 Opening in a new tab

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eng (en) English

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