Toward a more complete typology of anaphoric expressions

Citation
E. Anagnostopoulou et M. Everaert, Toward a more complete typology of anaphoric expressions, LINGUIST IN, 30(1), 1999, pp. 97-119
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
LINGUISTIC INQUIRY
ISSN journal
00243892 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
97 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-3892(199924)30:1<97:TAMCTO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Reinhart and Reuland (1993) propose the following typology of anaphoric exp ressions: SELF anaphors (+SELF, -R), SE anaphors (-SELF, -R), and pronouns (-SELF, +R). We argue that the Greek anaphor o eaftos tu 'the self his' exe mplifies a fourth type, predicted by Reinhart and Reuland's typology but no t instantiated in their system: an "inalienable possession" anaphor (+SELF, +R). Within Reinhart and Reuland's framework such anaphors are allowed pro vided that (a) they do not enter into chain formation and (b) they satisfy the (reflexivity) binding conditions through abstract incorporation of the nominal head into the predicate they reflexivize. The proposed analysis mak es valid predictions concerning the distribution of Greek anaphors as oppos ed to English/Dutch anaphors.