Null arguments: The case of Japanese and Romance

Lingua

Volumn 113, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 559-604

  Zushi, Mihoko ^a  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended projection principle; Functional parametrization hypothesis; Japanese; Null arguments; Pro drop; Romance; Zero topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037660608     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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