We propose a domain-general explanation for linguistic prominence effects by merging two independent research traditions that started independently, about 50 years ago, within psychology (Schmitt, ...
In the German language, as in English, the pronoun or pronominal adjective selbst, or 'self,' lends emphasis to something or someone previously named. In its nominalized form, das Selbst, or 'the self ...
It shows from a theoretical point of view how different syntactic properties are interconnected by comparing and contrasting the variances between pronominal and agreement systems, null subjects, null ...