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zero linguistics wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 symbol 2 see also 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents zero linguistics 5 languages العربية brezhoneg català 日本語 粵語 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia absence in linguistics in linguistics a zero or null is a segment that is not pronounced or written it is a useful concept in analysis usually written with the symbol indicating the absence of an element where one might be expected there are several kinds of zero in phonetics and phonology a null phoneme or zero phone indicates that no phone is produced where one might be expected for example in syllable structure analysis a null onset indicates that a syllable lacks an initial consonant onset that is normally required by the phonotactics of the considered language for example see standard chinese phonology zero onset in morphology a zero morph 1 consisting of no phonetic form is an allomorph of a morpheme that is otherwise realized in speech in the phrase two sheep the plural marker is a zero morph see nouns with identical singular and plural forms which is an allomorph of s as in two cow s in the phrase i like it the verb conjugation has a zero affix as opposed to the third person singular present s in he like s it in grammar a zero pronoun occurs in some languages 2 in the english sentence nobody knows that the zero pronoun plays the role of the object of the verb and in makes no difference that it plays the role of the subject likewise the zero pronoun in the book i am reading plays the role of the relative pronoun in the book that i am reading in generative grammar this is also referred to as pro in pronoun dropping languages including null subject languages such as most romance languages the zero pronoun is a prominent feature a zero subordinate conjunction occurs in english in sentences like i know he likes me in which the zero conjunction plays the role of the subordinate conjunction that in i know that he likes me a zero article is an unrealized indefinite or definite article in some languages such as the plural indefinite article in english a zero copula 3 in which a copula such as the verb to be is implied but absent for example in russian the copula is usually omitted in the present tense as in она красивая literally she beautiful in english the copula is sometimes omitted in some nonstandard dialects 4 symbol edit it is usually written with the unicode character u 2205 empty set empty emptyset emptyv varnothing an alternative ad hoc solution is to use the scandinavian capital letter ø instead see also edit empty string zero consonant silent letter zero marking in english zero marking language markedness references edit what is a zero morph sil international discourse cohesive devices in language acquisition intersentential anaphorical relations zentrum für allgemeine sprachwissenschaft zas archived from the original on 2011 07 19 retrieved 2009 10 21 a phonologically null copula functioning as a light verb in japanese by yutaka sato p 2 null copula yale grammatical diversity project yale university retrieved 10 september 2023 external links edit what is a zero sil glossary of linguistic terms retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title zero_ linguistics oldid 1371617275 categories zero linguistics linguistic morphology syntax hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles containing russian language text this page was last edited on 27 august 2026 at 12 21 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents zero linguistics 5 languages add topic