Programm 78. Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft

Vortrag

Expression of Subjects in Enxet Sur

Functional and Structural Predictors for the Choice between Overt Pronoun and Zero Anaphora

14. November 2025 M17.74 en Typologie und Varietätenlinguistik

This talk is based on a term paper investigating functional and structural predictors for the realization of first and second person subjects in Enxet Sur (Enlhet-Enenlhet, Paraguay) as either an overt pronoun or zero anaphora, specifically Complementarity (Nichols 2018) and Topic Continuity (Givón 1983).

Givón, T. (1983). “Introduction”. In: T. Givón, ed. Topic continuity in discourse. A quantitative cross-language study. 1–41. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Nichols, Joanna. (2018). "Agreement with overt and null arguments in Ingush." Linguistics 56(4). 845–863.