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Never saw one – first-person null subjects in spoken English1

2016

While null subjects are a well-researched phenomenon in pro-drop languages like Italian or Spanish, they have not received much attention in non-pro-drop languages such as English, where they are traditionally associated with particular (written) genres such as diaries or are discussed under a broader umbrella term such as situational ellipsis. However, examples such as the one in the title – while certainly not frequent – are commonly encountered in colloquial speech, with first-person singular tokens outnumbering any other person.This article investigates the linguistic and non-linguistic factors influencing the (non-) realisation of first-person singular subjects in a corpus of colloquia…

060201 languages & linguisticsLinguistics and LanguageColloquialismDiscourse analysisRealisationUmbrella termVerb phrase06 humanities and the artsLanguage and LinguisticsLinguistics0602 languages and literatureSituational ethicsPsychologyCognitive linguisticsSociolinguisticsEnglish Language and Linguistics
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Análisis léxico de los Cuentos Inverosímiles de José López Rubio: entre lo real y lo inverosímil

2011

Ilustración: "Niña en río"

lcsh:French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literatureHumorismoNeologismscolloquialismsCuentos Inverosímiles neologismi prestiti colloquialismi umorismoBorrowingslcsh:Literature (General)lcsh:PN1-6790humour.Cuentos InverosímilesHumourneologismiNeologismosColloquialismsneologismsSettore L-LIN/05 - Letteratura SpagnolaumorismoColoquialismoslcsh:PQ1-3999borrowingsCuentos Inverosímiles; neologismi; prestiti; colloquialismi; umorismoPréstamosprestiticolloquialismi
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