null-subject language

noun

A pro-drop language that may frequently leave out subject pronouns that are implied by verbal conjugations, such as Persian, Hebrew, and many Slavic and Romance languages.

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Meanings

nounnull-subject language (plural null-subject languages)

plural null-subject languages

  1. A pro-drop language that may frequently leave out subject pronouns that are implied by verbal conjugations, such as Persian, Hebrew, and many Slavic and Romance languages.
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