Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: "This paper presents quantitative results on the variation between the presence of direct object clitics —lo(s) and la(s)— and their omission —null object or zero anaphora— when the antecedent is a noun phrase in the monolingual Spanish of Mexico City from a variationist perspective. The set of variables analyzed is related to the features of the nominal antecedent. As will be shown, this variety of Spanish shows a reduction in the restrictions for the use of the null object. Keywords: monolingual Spanish; dialectal variation; accusative clitics; zero anaphora; variationist sociolinguistics."
Source: Signos Lingüísticos
Author: Laura Melany Flores Morales
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405357472