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The Limits of Syntactic VariationEdited by Theresa Biberauer
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 132] 2008
► pp. 271–294
Edited by Theresa Biberauer
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 132] 2008
► pp. 271–294
The null subject parameter and correlating properties: The case of Creole languages
The existence of correlations between the positive setting of the Null Subject
Parameter and other grammatical properties has recently been called into
question (see Newmeyer (2005)). In this paper, I show that the proref →pro-ref
correlation appears to be exceptionless and that it follows directly from the theory
of pro–drop in Rizzi (1986a). Rizzi (1982) proposes that the availability of Free
Inversion is what allows for the lack of that–t effects in pro–drop languages;
this, I further show, is empirically untenable. I present data from several Creole
languages that suggest that the lack of that–t effects in these languages is related
to the availability of null expletive pro. I take the latter to be a sufficient, but not
necessary, condition for the lack of that–t effects. I finally discuss the implication
of this finding for the parametric model.
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