Null Subjects
The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is understood from the context. In this systematic overview of null subjects, José Camacho reviews the key notions of null subject analyses over the past 30 years and encompasses the most recent findings and developments. He examines a balance of data on a range of languages with null subjects and also explores how adults and children acquire the properties of null subjects. This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, ideal for graduate students and academic researchers interested in syntax, semantics and language typology.
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Null Subjects
The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is understood from the context. In this systematic overview of null subjects, José Camacho reviews the key notions of null subject analyses over the past 30 years and encompasses the most recent findings and developments. He examines a balance of data on a range of languages with null subjects and also explores how adults and children acquire the properties of null subjects. This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, ideal for graduate students and academic researchers interested in syntax, semantics and language typology.
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by José A. Camacho
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by José A. Camacho

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The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is understood from the context. In this systematic overview of null subjects, José Camacho reviews the key notions of null subject analyses over the past 30 years and encompasses the most recent findings and developments. He examines a balance of data on a range of languages with null subjects and also explores how adults and children acquire the properties of null subjects. This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, ideal for graduate students and academic researchers interested in syntax, semantics and language typology.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107034105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/25/2013
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics , #137
Pages: 268
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

José A. Camacho is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. What is the Null Subject Parameter? A Little History: 2. The null subject parameter: introduction; 3. The core content of the NSP; 4. The nature of the EPP and the null subject parameter; Part II. On Identification: 5. Identification and morphology; 6. Discourse identification; 7. Null/overt subject contrasts; 8. The status of preverbal subjects in NSLs; 9. Parametrization, learnability and acquisition.
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