Subject pronoun (non) realization in the English learner language of Macedonian speakers

• Published in: Second language research Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 463 - 485
• Main Authors: Mitkovska, Liljana, Bužarovska, Eleni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE 01.10.2018; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Children; Computational Linguistics; Decision Making; English (Second Language); English as a second language learning; Foreign Countries; Form Classes (Languages); Grammar; Grammatical subject; Grammaticality; Interference (Language); Interlanguage; Language Classification; Language Proficiency; Linguistic Theory; Macedonian language; Native Language; Pro drop parameter; Pronouns; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Slavic Languages; Transfer of Training; Macedonia; learner corpus; null subject; L2 acquisition; expletive; interlanguage; pro-drop parameter; referential subject

This article investigates phenomena related to subject pronoun realization in the English interlanguage of Macedonian learners. Preliminary research indicates that learners tend to omit the subject pronoun in both referential and non-referential contexts. It can be presumed that such interlanguage f...