Expletive Pronoun Deletion

dc.contributor.author	Weir, Jesse
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-26T18:53:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-26T18:53:24Z
dc.date.issued	2019-09-21
dc.description.abstract	This study aims to observe phonetic changes that participants made in their speech when reading sentences with deleted subject pronouns. Three subject pronoun types were considered in this study; expletive 'it', expletive 'there', and referential 'it'. Productions of sentences were elicited using a self-paced reading task. The results show that participants do not alter their speech if the subject pronoun is absent, but will maintain phonetic consistency based on the type of pronoun that was absent. These results suggest that participants process the type of pronoun that should be present, and unconsciously speak the sentence as though it were present.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Weir, J. (2019). Expletive Pronoun Deletion. Final report and reflection. Program for Undergaduate Research Experience (PURE), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/111084
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37145
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.department	School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en_US
dc.subject	Pronouns	en_US
dc.subject	Syntax	en_US
dc.subject	Pronoun Deletion	en_US
dc.title	Expletive Pronoun Deletion	en_US
dc.type	other	en_US
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