Why linguists believe in invisible words - the story of zeros

Do languages have unspoken meaningful nothings? Grammatical ghosts? Syntactically significant silences? Linguists sure seem to think so. They've been writing zeros in their grammars for years. What are these nulls? Where do they come from? Are they really there? Subscribe for more: Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang Read my sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_5Kej-KmIS-rVRQ6-VY2RBPtW-VBGEsvwWnhMEsTHM/ ~ Briefly ~ My animation tells the story of linguistic zeros. We'll see the evidence of their existence I've been collecting in my folder, then meet their proponents and their critics. By the end we'll aim to find good reasons for avoiding and for proposing zeros, depending on the people, the context and the cultures involved. ~ Credits ~ Art, animation, narration and music by me. All other credits in sources document above.

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