Clitics are not enough: on agreement and null subjects in Brazilian Venetan

• Published in: Glossa (London) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Author: Frasson, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Open Library of Humanities 01.07.2021; Ubiquity Press
• Subjects: Bilingualism; Brazilian Portuguese; Clitics; Extended projection principle; Grammatical agreement; Grammatical subject; heritage languages; Hypotheses; Interfaces; Language contact; pro-drop; Pronouns; Research Article; subject; Syntactic change; Syntactic structures; Syntax; Venetian language; Brazil; Italy; heritage languages; syntax; interfaces; pro-drop; subject; clitics
• ISSN: 2397-1835; 2397-1835
• DOI: 10.5334/gjgl.1697

This paper presents some facts about the syntax of subject pronouns in contact. We investigate agreement and EPP-checking in Brazilian Venetan, a heritage northern Italo-Romance variety spoken in southern Brazil in contact with Brazilian Portuguese. Central Venetan, the northern Italo-Romance variet...