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shadow pronouns

shadow pronouns is the plural of shadow pronoun.

Meaning of shadow 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

Questions about shadow pronouns

What is shadow pronouns the plural of?
Shadow pronouns is the plural of shadow pronoun.

Words near shadow pronouns in the dictionary

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

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