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Re: Pro-drop was RE: Conlang collaboration

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Sunday, February 16, 2003, 10:49
On 15 Feb, Shreyas Sampat wrote:

> >I think I've seen it claimed that the lack of pro-drop in French, unlike > >Italian & Spanish, is a result of Germanic influence. > > On the subject of pro-drop, my Syntax class mentioned that modern Hebrew > permits it in present tense 1sg and 2sg, but not elsewhere. Anyone know > why this is the case?
What exactly is meant by "pro-drop"? Dan Sulani -------------------------------------------------------------- likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a A word is an awesome thing.

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