"shadow pronoun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shadow pronouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shadow pronoun (plural shadow pronouns)
  1. (grammar) Synonym of resumptive pronoun Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: resumptive pronoun [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: shadow deletion, shadow pronoun hypothesis
    Sense id: en-shadow_pronoun-en-noun-jGDoIgqz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Parts of speech Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shadow pronoun meaning in English (2.4kB)

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