linguistic typology, a null-subject language is a language whose grammar permits an independent clause to lack an explicit subject; such a clause is then...

vary from language to language, and can be quite intricate. The phenomenon of "pronoun-dropping" is part of the larger topic of zero or null anaphora....

1. As verbs in Spanish incorporate the subject as a TAM suffix, Spanish is not actually a null-subject language, unlike Mandarin (see above). Such verbs...

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...

SVO language, although SOV syntax may occur with a few object pronouns, and word order is generally not as rigid as in English. It is a null subject language...

English) In some other languages (necessarily null subject languages and typically pro-drop languages), such as Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, Catalan...

such as subject or object. Languages known as pro-drop or null-subject languages do not require clauses to have an overt subject when the subject is easily...

In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that...

referred to as PRO. In pronoun-dropping languages, including null subject languages such as most Romance languages, the zero pronoun is a prominent feature...

precede the verb of the matrix clause. Tamil is a null-subject language. Not all Tamil sentences have subjects, verbs, and objects. It is possible to construct...

example of a language with rich subject-verb morphology that can allow null subjects. The agreement-marking on the verb in Spanish allows the subject to be identified...

contextually complements a subject, which can be either explicit (like in the English indicative) or implicit (like in null subject languages or the English imperative)...

make it, he did get some French fries with it. Impersonal verb Null-subject language Matthews, Peter Hugo (2003). The concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics...

those of other Romance languages: It has two grammatical numbers: singular and plural (no dual). It is a null-subject language. Verbs have many conjugations...

after. Subject nouns generally come before the verb. Italian is a null-subject language, so nominative pronouns are usually absent, with subject indicated...

with the person and number of the subject at the end of the verb stem. As Czech is a null-subject language, the subject pronoun can be omitted unless it...

Neo-Aramaic languages. NENA is a pro-drop, null-subject language with both ergative morphology and a nominative-accusative system. Due to language contact...

(grammatically-determined modifications) of verbs in Czech. Czech is a null-subject language, i.e. the subject (including personal pronouns) can be omitted if known from...

common nouns functioning as subject are nonetheless frequent. For this reason, Latin is described as a null-subject language. Spoken French always distinguishes...

focus is on the verb and the object) Macedonian is a null-subject language which means that the subject pronoun can be omitted, for instance Што сакаш (ти)...

Franco-Provençal – unlike French or English – is a partially pro-drop language (null subject language), especially in the first-person singular. Masculine and feminine...

the subject is sometimes unexpressed if it is easily deducible from the context, especially in null-subject languages but also in other languages, including...

where the subject pronoun has been dropped and therefore the sentence has a null subject. Languages differ within this parameter, some languages such as...

triggered by progressive phonetic erosion. Old French was still a null-subject language until the loss of secondary final consonants in Middle French caused...

topicalization and focus. It is a "pro-drop", or "null-subject" language—that is, it allows the deletion of subject pronouns when they are pragmatically unnecessary...

marked. Subject–object–verb Subject–verb–object Object–subject–verb Verb–object–subject Verb–subject–object Category:Object–verb–subject languages In Soviet...

In linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam apples...

with -s: In a null-subject language such as Italian, however, pronominal subjects are not required (in fact, in many null-subject languages, producing overt...

"a" denotes duration and "dašt" is the past stem. Talysh is a null-subject language, so nominal pronouns (e.g. I, he, she) are optional. For first person...

typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may be classified...