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Null Subject Variation

Null Subject Variation is a syntactic phenomenon in which a language permits or requires the omission of overt subject pronouns in finite clauses, distinguished by the grammatical encoding of subject agreement features on the verb that licenses the absence of an explicit subject.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Pro-drop Variation

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94

Conditions on Argument Drop

Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson · Linguistic Inquiry · 2011 · 312 citations · Full text

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On the grammatical basis of null subjects in child language

Nina Hyams, Kenneth Wexler · Linguistic Inquiry · 1993 · 291 citations

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Past participle agreement in Abruzzese: split auxiliary selection and the null-subject parameter

Roberta D’Alessandro, Ian Roberts · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 2010 · 234 citations · Full text

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The infl node and the null subject parameter

Bruce Hayes · Linguistic Inquiry · 1984 · 217 citations

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Ambiguous agreement, functional compensation, and nonspecific<i>tú</i>in the Spanish of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Madrid, Spain

Richard Cameron · Language Variation and Change · 1993 · 203 citations

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Authors

131

  1. NH
    Nina Hyams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 392 citations

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  2. PB
    Pilar Barbosa

    University of Minho, Portugal

    2 publications · 244 citations

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  3. GW
    George Walkden

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  4. LM
    Laia Mayol

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  5. CP
    Christer Platzack

    Lund University, Sweden

    2 publications · 262 citations

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Institutions

84

  1. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    337 citations

  3. University of Minho

    Braga, Portugal

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    281 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    437 citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  6. University of the Basque Country

    Leioa, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    203 citations

  7. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    167 citations

  8. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistic Inquiry

    8 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Language Variation and Change

    5 publications · 530 citations

    5

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  3. Glossa a journal of general linguistics

    4 publications · 107 citations

    4

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  4. Language Acquisition

    4 publications · 256 citations

    4

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    3 publications · 68 citations

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