A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language in which certain classes of pronouns may be omitted when they can be pragmatically or grammatically...
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the sentence can be "dropped" in Sinhala if they can be inferred. In that sense, Sinhala can be called a "super pro-drop language", like Japanese. ex....
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specific cases in many Indo-European languages such as German, Latin, or Russian. Georgian is a pro-drop language; both subject and object pronouns are...
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Serbo-Croatian (redirect from Serbocroatian language)
aspect, with a moderately complex tense system. Serbo-Croatian is a pro-drop language with flexible word order, subject–verb–object being the default. It...
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according to the gender of the noun referred to. Oromo is a subject pro-drop language. That is, neutral sentences in which the subject is not emphasized...
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controlled by the pro-drop parameter, which is either on or off for a particular language.[citation needed] Typically, null-subject languages express person...
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Deixis – Words requiring context to understand their meaning Pro-drop language – Language in which certain pronouns may sometimes be omitted Referent –...
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previous context or is expressed by a noun subject. Thus Hausa is a non pro-drop language. Hausa verbs are classified into 7 grades and are inflected based...
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along the same case and number morphology as nouns. Serbian is a pro-drop language, meaning that pronouns may be omitted from a sentence when their meaning...
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leading to a distinctive méridional accent. Unlike French, it is a pro-drop language, allowing the omission of the subject (canti: I sing; cantas you sing)—though...
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Amharic (redirect from Amharic (language))
feminine (you m. sg., you f. sg., you pl., he, she, they). Amharic is a pro-drop language: neutral sentences in which no element is emphasized normally omit...
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subject unless it is a non-finite dependent clause). However, in a pro-drop language the subject may be a zero pronoun: the pronoun may not be explicitly...
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on word order, as English does), its word order is flexible. As a pro-drop language, in Czech an intransitive sentence can consist of only a verb; information...
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parameter, some languages such as Italian and Spanish have constant pro-drop, Finnish and Hebrew for example are partial pro-drop languages and Japanese...
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Persian grammar (category Articles containing Persian-language text)
it is not strongly left-branching. However, because Persian is a pro-drop language, the subject of a sentence is often not apparent until the end of...
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Latin grammar (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
nationality (vir Rōmānus "a Roman man") usually follow the noun. Latin is a pro-drop language; that is, pronouns in the subject are usually omitted except for emphasis...
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Nahuatl (redirect from Aztec language)
orderings of the three basic sentence constituents. It is prolifically a pro-drop language: it allows sentences with omission of all noun phrases or independent...
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The pro-drop parameter, or null subject parameter, is the parameter that determines whether or not a language is pro-drop. A positive setting of the parameter...
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grammatical structure of the language is similar to that of other West Kipchak varieties. Crimean Tatar is a pro-drop language with a generally SOV word...
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Franco-Provençal (redirect from Franco-Provencal language)
Franco-Provençal – unlike French or English – is a partially pro-drop language (null subject language), especially in the first-person singular. Masculine and...
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Spanish verbs (redirect from List of simple Spanish language verbs)
Region, a special form of the second person is used. Spanish is a pro-drop language, meaning that subject pronouns are often omitted. The grammatical...
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pro-drop language with preverbal subject agreement morphemes, final pronominal subjects are deleted (or null). Example 1: Ak milenga er a ringo pro....
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Зура́ба zurába Зура́ба zurába "Dear Zurab" (given name) Abkhaz is a pro-drop language. Pronouns are not inflected, and verbal agreement is generally sufficient...
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Spanish conjugation (category Articles containing Old Spanish-language text)
the three persons and two numbers. Note, however, that Spanish is a pro-drop language, and so it is the norm to omit subject pronouns when not needed for...
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game, an act of concealing sexual orientation Pronoun dropping (pro-drop) language, a language in which pronoun classes are omitted Preferred gender pronoun...
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Empty category (redirect from Little pro)
missing referent. Chinese is an example of a pro-drop language, where both subjects and objects can be dropped from the pronounced part of finite sentences...
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Swahili grammar (category Articles containing Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text)
of "gender". It has head-first order with few exceptions. It is a pro-drop language. Verbs may be used without explicitly specifying the subject or the...
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Classical Chinese (redirect from Classical Chinese language)
Classical Chinese can be described as a pro-drop language: its syntax often allows either subjects or objects to be dropped when their reference is understood...
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with unmarked subject/agents and marked objects or patients. Being a pro-drop language, Juang verbs can index both two core arguments in a transitive predicate...
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Telugu grammar (category CS1 Telugu-language sources (te))
postpositions that follow the oblique stem. It is also head-final and a pro-drop language. The first treatise on Telugu grammar (Telugu: వ్యాకరణము, romanized: vyākaraṇamu)...
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