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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hello Maia,<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">You may want to look at my discussion of Dryer's pro-drop data in WALS. in
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Holmberg, A. 2017. Linguistic Typology. In I. Roberts (ed.)<i> Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar</i>. OUP. Also on Lingbuzz, ling.auf.net/lingbuzz<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Valuable though they are, Dryer's data should be used with caution. The problem is, as Martin indicates, that there are different types of pro-drop, and it isn't always easy to tell from a superficial look what type it
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> An old investigation, based on data from 100 or so languages, is
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Gilligan, Gary. 1987. A cross-linguistic approach to the pro-drop parameter. PhD dissertation, University of Southern California. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">This was long before we were aware of the variety of pro-drop grammars.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> Have you seen this work on creole languages?<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Nicolis, M. 2008. The null subject parameter and correlating properties: the case of creole languages. In Biberauer, T. (ed.)
<i>The limits of syntactic variation</i>, 271-94. John Benjamins.<br>
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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 relevant. </p>
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<p>With many thanks for your help, cheers, </p>
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