null subject language

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Null subject language
In linguistic typology, a null subject language is a language whose grammar permits an independent clause to lack an explicit subject. Such a clause is then said to have a null subject.For example, in Italian:Maria non vuole mangiare."Maria does not want to eat."Non vuole mangiare.[She] "Does not want to eat."The subject "she" of the second sentence is only implied in Italian. English, on the other hand, requires an explicit subject in this sentence.
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