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Pro-drop language

A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language in which certain classes of pronouns may be omitted when they can be pragmatically or grammatically inferable. The precise conditions vary from language to language, and can be quite intricate. The phenomenon of "pronoun-dropping" is part of the larger topic of zero or null anaphora. The…

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Pro-drop language

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Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
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related to Topic pro-drop languages · 10
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related to Hebrew · 8
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related to English · 7
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related to Full pro-drop languages · 4
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Englishinstance ofand so is crucially not a null dummy pronoun.Pro-drop is a problem when translating to a non-pro-drop language0.80text
which requires the pronoun to be addedinstance ofand so is crucially not a null dummy pronoun.Pro-drop is a problem when translating to a non-pro-drop language0.80text
especially noticeable in machine translationinstance ofand so is crucially not a null dummy pronoun.Pro-drop is a problem when translating to a non-pro-drop language0.80text
Hindiinstance ofThe following languages exhibit full pro-drop in their own distinct ways.HindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
in generalinstance ofThe following languages exhibit full pro-drop in their own distinct ways.HindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
have the ability to pro-drop anyinstance ofThe following languages exhibit full pro-drop in their own distinct ways.HindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
all argumentsinstance ofThe following languages exhibit full pro-drop in their own distinct ways.HindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
Hindiinstance ofHindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
in generalinstance ofHindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
have the ability to pro-drop anyinstance ofHindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
all argumentsinstance ofHindiSouth Asian languages0.80text
Arabicinstance ofmany languages0.80text

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