In this study, we focus on pronominal anaphora and we investigate the referential properties of null and overt subject pronouns in Catalan, in the semi-spontaneous production of narrative spoken and written texts by three groups of speakers/writers (9–10, 12–13, and 15–16 year olds). We aimed at determining (1) pronoun preferences for a specific type of antecedent; (2) their specialization in a certain discourse function; and (3) whether the pattern is affected by text modality (spoken vs. written texts). We analyzed 30 spoken and 30 written narrative texts, produced by the same 30 subjects, divided into the age groups mentioned above. Results seem fairly consistent across age groups and modalities, showing that null pronouns tend to select antecedents in subject position and are well specialized in maintaining reference, while overt pronouns offer a less clear pattern both in their selection of antecedents and in the discourse function they perform. Our findings partially support those of previous research on other null-subject languages, in particular, the Position of Antecedent Hypothesis (PAH) formulated by Carminati (2002) for Italian.
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Lehmkuhle, Ina & Josefin Lindgren
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CABALLERO, Marta, Melina APARICI, Mònica SANZ-TORRENT, Ros HERMAN, Anna JONES & Gary MORGAN
2020. “El nen s'ha menjat una aranya”: The development of narratives in Catalan speaking children. Journal of Child Language 47:5 ► pp. 1030 ff.
2017. Use of adjectives in Catalan: A morphological characterization in different genres and modes of production through school-age development. First Language 37:1 ► pp. 58 ff.
Bel, Aurora & Milagros Albert
2016. The Development of Referential Choice in Spanish Narratives Among School-Age Children and Adolescents. In Written and Spoken Language Development across the Lifespan [Literacy Studies, 11], ► pp. 251 ff.
2015. Reference control in the narratives of adult sign language learners. International Journal of Bilingualism 19:5 ► pp. 608 ff.
García-Alcaraz, Estela & Aurora Bel
2011. SELECCIÓN Y DISTRIBUCIÓN DE LOS PRONOMBRES EN EL ESPAÑOL L2 DE LOS HABLANTES DE ÁRABE. Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas 0:6
García-Alcaraz, Estela & Aurora Bel
2019. Does empirical data from bilingual and native Spanish corpora meet linguistic theory? The role of discourse context in variation of subject expression
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