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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Personal pronoun (redirect from Pronoun dropping)
some languages, subject or object pronouns can be dropped in certain situations (see Pro-drop language). In particular, in a null-subject language, it...
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