Anaphora and Language Design

by Eric J. Reuland

Book Overview

A study on anaphoric dependencies that derives the conditions on anaphora in natural language from the design properties of the language system.

Pronouns and anaphors (including reflexives such as himself and herself) may or must depend on antecedents for their interpretation. These dependencies are subject to conditions that prima facie show substantial crosslinguistic variation. In this monograph, Eric Reuland presents a theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515644
• ISBN13: 9780262515641
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher