A CLOSER LOOK AT (LACK OF) OBVIATION PHENOMENA IN ROMANIAN SUBJUNCTIVE COMPLEMENTS
The paper looks at Romanian subjunctive complements selected by volitional verbs and considers the interpretation of their null subjects and why – unlike the case of other Romance languages – these can co-refer with a main clause antecedent (what has been called “lack of obviation” in the literature...
Main Author: | Maria Aurelia Cotfas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2011-05-01
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Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BWPL_2011_nr-1_Cotfas.pdf |
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