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In so-called '''pro-drop''' or 'null-subject' languages, such as [[Italian]], a [[pronoun|pronominal]] [[subject]] may be phonetically [[null]] in tensed sentences. It is generally assumed that in such cases, the subject is the element [[pro]], and that this pro is licensed by the verbal inflection ( [[INFL]]).

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Pro-drop&lemmacode=441 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Jaeglli, O. and K. Safir (eds.) 1989. ''The Null Subject Parameter,'' Kluwer Academic Press: Amsterdam.
* Rizzi, L. 1982. ''Issues in Italian syntax,'' Foris, Dordrecht

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