The null subject parameter meets the Polish impersonal -NO/-TO construction
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This squib argues that null generic inclusive subjects are found in consistent null subject languages not only in the passive voice, as maintained by \citet{FassiFehri2009}, but also in the active voice – in the so-called -NO/-TO construction. However, the null subject of the -NO/-TO construction is not logophoric, so it does not receive its inclusive reading by being anchored to the Speech Act, where the [Speaker] and the [Addressee] features are located \citep{DAlessandro2007,Sigurðsson2004,Bianchi2003Tense}. It is proposed that the interpretation of the null subject of the -NO/-TO construction is dependent on a binding relation with a null Topic \citep{FrascarelliHinterhölzl2007} that is merged in the C-domain.
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