Contrastive pronouns in null subject Romance languages

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• dc.contributor.author Mayol, Laiaca
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-02-20T12:10:37Z
• dc.date.available 2018-02-20T12:10:37Z
• dc.date.issued 2010
• dc.description.abstract Overt subject pronouns in Romance null subject languages are mandatory in order to express contrast, while null subject pronouns are generally prohibited in these contexts. However, most of the literature remains vague of what is meant by contrast. This paper argues that non-focal Romance contrastive pronouns are Contrastive Topics, which trigger topic alternatives and it is implicated that the truth of the alternatives is not known to the speaker (Hara and van Rooij (2007)). This implicature gives rise to an ‘uncertainty contrast’, which can be strengthened into an ‘exhaustive contrast’, in certain circumstances. The pairing between forms and meanings is derived using the mathematical framework of game theory.
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• dc.identifier.citation Mayol L. Contrastive pronouns in null subject Romance languages. Lingua. 2010;120(10):2497-2514. DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.009
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.009
• dc.identifier.issn 0024-3841
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33941
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevierca
• dc.relation.ispartof Lingua. 2010;120(10):2497-2514. DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.009
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.009
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• dc.subject.keyword Contrast
• dc.subject.keyword Pronouns
• dc.subject.keyword Contrastive topics
• dc.subject.keyword Romance languages
• dc.subject.keyword Null-subject languages
• dc.subject.keyword Game theory
• dc.title Contrastive pronouns in null subject Romance languagesca
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