This article is an examination of null expletive subjects occurring in the context of an embedded clause in Logoori, a Kenyan Bantu language. Logoori morphologically distinguishes between two null CP-linked expletive subjects in its subject-agreement paradigm. Based on morphological, syntactic, and semantic evidence, I argue against the postulation of a null (pro)nominal element (e.g., ). Instead, through a careful study of the properties of embedded CPs, such CP-linked null expletives are shown to be a direct result of T agreeing with the embedded clause. The account situates the formal semantics of Logoori subject agreement in a plausible syntactic framework. I further illustrate how the account proposed for Logoori extends to other kinds of CP-linked expletives in other languages, including other null-subject languages, partial null-subject languages, and non-null-subject languages.

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Logoori 中的空咒语和嵌入从句

这篇文章是对出现在肯尼亚班图语 Logoori 的嵌入从句上下文中的空咒语主语的检查。Logoori在其主题协议范式中从形态上区分了两个与空CP 相关的咒骂主题。基于形态、句法和语义证据，我反对无效（前）名词元素的假设（例如，）。相反，通过对嵌入式 CP 属性的仔细研究，这种与 CP 相关的空咒语被证明是 T 同意嵌入式条款的直接结果。该帐户将 Logoori 主题协议的形式语义置于合理的句法框架中。我进一步说明了为 Logoori 提出的解释如何扩展到其他语言中的其他类型的 CP 链接的咒语，包括其他空主语语言、部分空主语语言和非空主语语言。