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shadow pronoun

shadow pronoun noun: synonym of resumptive pronoun.

Noun

shadow pronoun (plural shadow pronouns)

  1. Synonym of resumptive pronoun.
    • Perlmutter proposes that all chopping rules are rules that leave a shadow pronoun subsequently deleted.1980, Linguistic Inquiry - Volume 11, Issues 2-4, page 367
    • Perlmutter (1972) proposes that all rules which move constituents over variables be considered "copying " rules. He further argues that if there is a rule which deletes the "shadow pronoun", i.e., the pronoun left behind by the copying rule, this Shadow Deletion rule will be sensitive to island...1980, Saadun Ismail Suaieh, Aspects of Arabic Relative Clauses, page 231

Examples of shadow pronoun in a sentence

  • He further argues that if there is a rule which deletes the "shadow pronoun", i.e., the pronoun left behind by the copying rule, this Shadow Deletion rule will be sensitive to island constraints.1980, Saadun Ismail Suaieh, Aspects of Arabic Relative Clauses, page 231:
  • Shadow pronouns are very frequent in spoken Scottish English but are also found in many varieties of informal English, for example in Ireland, England and the United States.1989, James Milroy, Regional Variation in British English Syntax, page 46:
  • The crucial distinction is not subject clitic versus object clitic, but shadow pronoun versus free anaphor.2004, Reineke Bok-Bennema, Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2002, page 164:

Synonyms of shadow pronoun

Forms of shadow pronoun

pluralshadow pronouns

Questions about shadow pronoun

What does shadow pronoun mean?
Shadow pronoun means synonym of resumptive pronoun.
How do you use shadow pronoun in a sentence?
He further argues that if there is a rule which deletes the "shadow pronoun", i.e., the pronoun left behind by the copying rule, this Shadow Deletion rule will be sensitive to island constraints.
What part of speech is shadow pronoun?
Shadow pronoun is a noun.
What is the plural of shadow pronoun?
The plural of shadow pronoun is shadow pronouns.

Words near shadow pronoun in the dictionary

  1. shadow plays
  2. shadow price
  3. shadow priced
  4. shadow prices
  5. shadow pricing
  6. shadow pronoun
  7. shadow pronouns
  8. shadow puppet
  9. shadow puppetry
  10. shadow puppets
  11. shadow real wage

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