A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

2.4.1. Subject and object null arguments

LSC allows the omission of personal pronouns in some contexts. For instance, subject and object personal pronouns can be dropped if an agreement verb is used [LEXICON 3.2.2].

 

            please, 2call3.

            ‘Please, can you call him/her?’                                             

(Quer et al., 2005)

                                                                                              

Also, argument ellipsis is possible if an agreement auxiliary sign is used [LEXICON 3.3.4].

 

            children 1aux3 miss++.

            ‘I'm missing my children very much.’                                 

(Quer et al., 2005)

                                                                                              

Finally, if the context is sufficiently explicit, arguments can be omitted even with plain verbs.

 

                                      y/n

spaghetti like, yes ix1 like love.

            ‘Do you like spaghetti? Yes, I like them a lot.’        

            (Quer et al., 2005)

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Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà

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© 2020 Gemma Barberà, Sara Cañas-Peña, Berta Moya-Avilés, Alexandra Navarrete-González, Josep Quer, Raquel Veiga Busto, Aida Villaécija, Giorgia Zorzi

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Quer, Josep and Gemma Barberà (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Surname, Name. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Surname, Name. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Surname, Name. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)