The features of null subjects: A case study of Czech

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781501513848-005" target="_blank" >10.1515/9781501513848-005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The features of null subjects: A case study of Czech

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study first provides Czech data to demonstrate typical characteristics of a consistent null subject (NS) language (full pro-drop) in terms of Holmberg (2005). Czech finite predicates, although located in a low position, carry a rich agreement morphology allowing NS with a non-contrastive definite (specific) interpretation in all Tense-Aspect contexts for all three Persons both singular and plural. On the other hand, a standard Czech generic (non-specific) subjects require an overt proform jeden (one) or a standardized NS. The study concentrates on Czech structures with (i) obligatory NS and (ii) those which do not allow NS. The former include agentless predicates, generic 2sg subjects, or anaphoric subjects in non-root clauses with a hierarchically symmetrical interpretation. The latter are esp. the identifying (pointing) copular structures with pronominal predicates : *Ø/To jsem já. (It is me.). The study also refers to the NS with analytic predicates as described in Veselovská 2020. It proposes a complex agree process including several independent checking domains for (i) the nominal φ feature set, (ii) the [D] (Person, Number?) feature set and (iii) a Topic/Focus feature. The theoretical framework used for the discussion and analyses is based on the diagnostics and claims made in studies by Alexiadou &amp; Anagnostopoulou (1998), Biberauer et al. (2010), Kučerová (2014), and others. Bibliography: Alexiadou, Artemis &amp; Anagnostopoulou, Elena. 1998. &apos;Parametrizing Agr: Word Order, V-Movement and EPP-Checking.&apos; Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 16:1998. 491-539 Biberauer, Theresa, et al. (eds). 2010. Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Holmberg, Anders. 2005. “Is There a Little Pro? Evidence from Finnish.” Linguistic Inquiry 36: 533-564. Kučerová, Ivona. 2014. The Syntax of Null Subjects. In Syntax 17 (2). 132–167. Veselovská, Ludmila. 2020. „The Structure and Categorial Characteristics of pro“. Zeitschrift für Slawistik 65/2: 194-221.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The features of null subjects: A case study of Czech

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study first provides Czech data to demonstrate typical characteristics of a consistent null subject (NS) language (full pro-drop) in terms of Holmberg (2005). Czech finite predicates, although located in a low position, carry a rich agreement morphology allowing NS with a non-contrastive definite (specific) interpretation in all Tense-Aspect contexts for all three Persons both singular and plural. On the other hand, a standard Czech generic (non-specific) subjects require an overt proform jeden (one) or a standardized NS. The study concentrates on Czech structures with (i) obligatory NS and (ii) those which do not allow NS. The former include agentless predicates, generic 2sg subjects, or anaphoric subjects in non-root clauses with a hierarchically symmetrical interpretation. The latter are esp. the identifying (pointing) copular structures with pronominal predicates : *Ø/To jsem já. (It is me.). The study also refers to the NS with analytic predicates as described in Veselovská 2020. It proposes a complex agree process including several independent checking domains for (i) the nominal φ feature set, (ii) the [D] (Person, Number?) feature set and (iii) a Topic/Focus feature. The theoretical framework used for the discussion and analyses is based on the diagnostics and claims made in studies by Alexiadou &amp; Anagnostopoulou (1998), Biberauer et al. (2010), Kučerová (2014), and others. Bibliography: Alexiadou, Artemis &amp; Anagnostopoulou, Elena. 1998. &apos;Parametrizing Agr: Word Order, V-Movement and EPP-Checking.&apos; Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 16:1998. 491-539 Biberauer, Theresa, et al. (eds). 2010. Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Holmberg, Anders. 2005. “Is There a Little Pro? Evidence from Finnish.” Linguistic Inquiry 36: 533-564. Kučerová, Ivona. 2014. The Syntax of Null Subjects. In Syntax 17 (2). 132–167. Veselovská, Ludmila. 2020. „The Structure and Categorial Characteristics of pro“. Zeitschrift für Slawistik 65/2: 194-221.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Null Subjects in Slavic and Finno-Ugric

ISBN

978-1-5015-2022-8

Počet stran výsledku

44

Strana od-do

133-176

Počet stran knihy

379

Název nakladatele

De Gruyter Mouton

Místo vydání

Berlin

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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