• 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...
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  • 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....
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  • Verb (redirect from Subject-verb agreement)
    However, 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...
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    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...
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  • Portuguese grammar (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    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...
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  • if it is retrievable from context, especially in null-subject language but also in other languages, including English instances of the imperative mood...
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    rather than by syntax. It is a "pro-drop", or "null-subject" language—that is, it allows the deletion of subject pronouns when they are pragmatically unnecessary...
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  • English) In some other languages (necessarily null subject languages and typically pro-drop languages), such as Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, Catalan...
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  • 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...
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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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  • (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...
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    after. Subject nouns generally come before the verb. Italian is a null-subject language, so nominative pronouns are usually absent, with subject indicated...
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  • 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...
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    triggered by progressive phonetic erosion. Old French was still a null-subject language until the loss of secondary final consonants in Middle French caused...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Dummy pronoun (redirect from Dummy subject)
    dummy subject, so that the postverbal noun phrase would rather be the embedded subject of the sentence.[citation needed] Impersonal verb Null-subject language...
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  • common nouns functioning as subject are nonetheless frequent. For this reason, Latin is described as a null-subject language. Spoken French always distinguishes...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Neo-Aramaic languages. NENA is a null-subject language with both ergative morphology and a nominative-accusative system. Due to language contact, Suret...
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  • referred to as PRO. In pronoun-dropping languages, including null subject languages such as most Romance languages, the zero pronoun is a prominent feature...
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  • Infinitive (category CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro))
    to Portuguese like para teres/ela ter/termos... (Portuguese is a null-subject language). The Portuguese personal infinitive has no proper tenses, only...
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    "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...
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    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)...
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    In SQL, null or NULL is a special marker used to indicate that a data value does not exist in the database. Introduced by the creator of the relational...
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  • In linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam oranges...
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  • marked. Subject–object–verb Subject–verb–object Object–subject–verb Verb–object–subject Verb–subject–object Category:Object–verb–subject languages In Soviet...
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  • Pro-sentence (category Articles containing Portuguese-language text)
    where the subject pronoun has been dropped and therefore the sentence has a null subject. Languages differ within this parameter, some languages such as...
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    characteristics between the languages are attributed presently to extensive prehistoric language contact. Turkic languages are null-subject languages, have vowel harmony...
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