Resumo (PT):
Abstract (EN):
This study investigates the interpretation of pronominal subjects in European Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.
30 native speakers of each language completed two multiple-choice tasks (speeded and untimed), which elicited
their interpretation of null and overt subject pronouns in intrasentential contexts with the order
matrix-subordinate. The tasks had a 2x2 design, crossing the following variables: animacy of the matrix object
(+ animate vs. - animate) and type of pronominal embedded subject (overt vs. null). Results indicate that the
PAS is consistently followed in EP but not in Italian or Spanish. In these languages, this strategy is adopted in
overt subject resolution only in contexts where the antecedents are [+ animate]. In the resolution of null subjects,
Italian and Spanish exhibit optionality between subject and object antecedents. Hence, there is microvariation
in the resolution of pronominal subjects in these languages. Possible reasons for this are discussed in detail.
Idioma:
Português
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica