36.2309, Books: Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective: Barbosa and Flores (eds.) (2025)

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-36-2309. Thu Jul 31 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.2309, Books: Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective: Barbosa and Flores (eds.) (2025)

Moderator: Steven Moran (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Managing Editor: Valeriia Vyshnevetska
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Mara Baccaro, Daniel Swanson
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Editor for this issue: Valeriia Vyshnevetska <valeriia at linguistlist.org>

================================================================


Date: 30-Jul-2025
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective: Barbosa and Flores (eds.) (2025)


Title: Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental
Perspective
Series Title: Language Faculty and Beyond
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/lfab.19

Editor(s): Pilar Barbosa; Cristina Flores

eBook ISBN:  9789027244901 Pages:  212 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027244901 Pages:  212 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027244901 Pages:  212 Price: U.S. $ 163.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027220035 Pages:  212 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027220035 Pages:  212 Price: Europe EURO 132.50
Hardback ISBN:  9789027220035 Pages:  212 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027220035 Pages:  212 Price: U.S. $ 163.00

Abstract:

The volume "Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental
Perspective" brings together theoretical and empirical contributions
on missing object constructions, revealing a nuanced and multifaceted
phenomenon that poses challenges to current theories of null objects.
The selected papers highlight the significance of the interplay
between formal constraints and semantic properties (namely
definiteness and animacy) in the licensing of null objects
cross-linguistically. The formally oriented papers contribute to
ongoing discussions on the mechanisms underlying the derivation of
null objects. The differences between null objects that are licensed
by rich agreement and those that are agreement independent are also
addressed. From a developmental perspective, the papers on null
objects in language acquisition, including second language learning,
further provide valuable insights into the intricate processes
underlying the acquisition of referential expressions. The role of
animacy emerges as a central question, particularly in the context of
Portuguese varieties, where differences in pronominal systems
contribute to variation in null object distribution.

Written In: English (eng)



------------------------------------------------------------------------------

********************** LINGUIST List Support ***********************
Please consider donating to the Linguist List, a U.S. 501(c)(3) not for profit organization:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=87C2AXTVC4PP8

LINGUIST List is supported by the following publishers:

Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/

Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/

John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/

Language Science Press http://langsci-press.org

MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/

Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/

Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT) http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-36-2309
----------------------------------------------------------