1 Pro subject(ed) to challenge: The concept of the null subject and typologies of Null Subject Languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of contributors VII
4. List of abbreviations IX
5. List of figures XIII
6. Editors’ note XV
7. Acknowledgements XXI
8. Preface XXIII
9. 1 Pro subject(ed) to challenge: The concept of the null subject and typologies of Null Subject Languages 1
10. 2 Null subjects and their overt counterparts in East Slavic root clauses: Referential and non-referential readings 35
11. 3 Referential null subjects in Russian: A synchronic and diachronic overview 75
12. 4 Interpreting null subjects in Polish: Against left-peripheral linking 105
13. 5 The features of null subjects: A case study of Czech 133
14. 6 Subject realization in Bulgarian, a consistent null subject language: Theoretical issues and empirical facts 177
15. 7 Types of null arguments in Baltic 205
16. 8 Interpreting null subjects in Finnish finite sentences 229
17. 9 Who on earth is pro? – Licensing null arguments in Hungarian matrix and dependent clauses 253
18. 10 Null subjects in Mari 281
19. 11 Two types of null subjects in South Saami 307
20. 12 Null subjects in Selkup and Nganasan 347
21. 13 Concluding remarks 369
22. Index 375