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    See the APiCS chapter on the "expression of pronominal subjects"
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://apics-online.info/parameters/62.chapter.html">http://apics-online.info/parameters/62.chapter.html</a>), inspired by
    Matthew Dryer's corresponding WALS feature
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wals.info/feature/101A">http://wals.info/feature/101A</a>).<br>
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    I would also recommend Anna Siewierska's works, especially her 1999
    paper (in Folia Linguistica) and her 2004 book (Person).<br>
    <br>
    But I think it's important to recognize that the notion of
    "pro-drop" is very confusing, and remains popular only because many
    linguists don't know much more than English and Spanish (and they
    feel that Spanish "drops" what would be a personal pronoun in
    English). In fact, however, the Spanish type is FAR more common in
    the world's languages than the Swedish type (where subject personal
    pronouns are obligatory, and there is no person-marking on the verb
    at all), as can be seen in Matthew Dryer's WALS chapter. The
    English/German type (with obligatory personal pronouns, plus
    person-marking on the verb) is extremely rare (as noted by
    Siewierska 1999).<br>
    <br>
    (Note also that "person-drop" would be a better term, because not
    all pronouns can be "dropped", e.g. interrogatives and
    demonstratives.)<br>
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    Martin<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05.03.18 08:10, Maia Ponsonnet
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        <p>Related to Honors supervision, I am looking for typological
          works on pro-drop. </p>
        <p>Anything on pro-drop in creole languages will be particularly
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        <p>With many thanks for your help, cheers, </p>
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