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Variable Subject Pronoun Expression In The Spanish Of Londombia: A Study Of Language Contact In Canada, Angelica Hernandez Constantin
Variable Subject Pronoun Expression In The Spanish Of Londombia: A Study Of Language Contact In Canada, Angelica Hernandez Constantin
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According to the extended projection principle, subjects are mandatory in tensed clauses (Chomsky 1982). Languages, however, vary in their use of null and overt subjects. Languages like English, which are [-null subject] languages, require overt subjects (1a), rendering phrases with null subjects ungrammatical (1b), while languages like Spanish, which are [+ null subject] languages, allow for both overt (2a) and null subjects (2b).
(1) a. She wants bread.
b. *Ø wants bread.
(2) a. Ella quiere pan.
b. Ø quiere pan.
“(She) wants bread”
In Spanish the variable use of Spanish subject personal pronouns (SPPs) has been studied in monolingual …