Disentangling Parsing and Grammar in Subject Pronouns Interpretation in Italian

• Published in: Quaderni di linguistica e studi orientali Vol. 9; pp. 81 - 95
• Main Authors: Di Domenico, Elisa, Contemori, Carla Contemori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Firenze University Press 30.09.2023
• Subjects: C-command; Impatient Parser; Italian; Null Subject Pronouns; Overt Subject Pronouns

In the present study, we investigate if and how null and overt subject pronouns interpretation preferences in Italian can be influenced by two factors: (i) the presence of c-commanding antecedents (Rizzi 2018) and (ii) the ‘impatient parser’ (Sorace and Filiaci 2006; Fedele and Kaiser 2014). To dise...