Publication: Subject drop in Swiss French text messages
Subject drop in Swiss French text messages
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Stark, E., & Robert-Tissot, A. (2017). Subject drop in Swiss French text messages. Linguistic Variation, 17(2), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.14020.sta
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In this paper, we present evidence in favour of a syntactic approach to subject drop in Swiss French text messages. Subject drop in our corpus follows patterns found in various so-called "written abbreviated registers" such as diaries, notes etc.: it occurs at the beginning of main sentences and after preposed adjuncts. Based on a corpus of 1100 text messages, collected in 2009/10 (www.sms4science.ch), we test predictions put forward by two approaches to argument drop in abbreviated registers, i.e. the "Avoid Weak Start" hypothesis by
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- Stark, Elisabeth
- Robert-Tissot, Aurélia
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Stark, E., & Robert-Tissot, A. (2017). Subject drop in Swiss French text messages. Linguistic Variation, 17(2), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.14020.sta
