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Pro-drop and subject pronouns in Assamese

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  • Radhika Boruah

    (Field Assistant, Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University, India)

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In recent years a considerable attention has been given to the study of control and pro-drop. Languages with rich agreement patterns allow for phonetically empty subject which is called “pro”. This paper deals with the pro-drop phenomena of Assamese. The main objective of the paper is to give a descriptive analysis of the subject pronouns and their nature in the pro-drop phenomena. The paper also aims to give a basic idea of this pro-drop phenomenon and shows how certain subject pronouns behave differently in Assamese. Pro drop in Assamese is a major linguistic characteristic of the language. The findings of the study revealed that we can drop most of the subject pronouns in Assamese. Though Assamese is considered as a pro-drop language, this phenomenon is not acceptable in written language. The sentences should be in a full structural representation in written language. In other words, we can say that pro-drop is used in our daily conversations; it is more or less like informal conversations.

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  • Radhika Boruah, 2020. "Pro-drop and subject pronouns in Assamese," International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 3(7), pages 210-214, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijllt0:v:3:y:2020:i:7:id:1040
    DOI: 10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.7.23
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