[Lingtyp] references on null subject

[Randy J. LaPolla]

Hi Maïa,
For completeness’ sake, you should include the follow great early article, in 1975 arguing for a functionalist/explanatory account of the form of pronouns and pronominalization, including “null” subjects like in “Equi-NP deletion":

Heath, Jeffrey. 1975. Functional relationships in grammar. Language 51.1: 89-104.

Historical note: This article was influential in the development of Role and Reference Grammar.

Randy
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> On 11 Mar 2018, at 4:15 PM, Maia Ponsonnet <maia.ponsonnet at uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Dear all, 
> 
> Following my request for references on "pro-drop" I have received a number of very useful recommendations. Many thanks for your numerous ad detailed responses on this. 
> It is trully awesome to be able to rely on such a generous and knowledgeable community. 
> 
> For future reference, here is a file with the references in question. 
> (I hope I haven't forgotten any.) 
> 
> Many thanks, cheers, 
> Maïa
> 
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