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Acceptability and preference in the interpretation of anaphors
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In this paper, a prominence hierarchy for computing a different degree of preference when there is more than one option for anaphor interpretations is presented. And the coreferential possibility between Korean caki and its antecedent is determined by the prominence principle, which is stated in terms of the prominence hierarchy.Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to consider how the preference in the interpretation of anaphors and their distribution properties can interact and be best explained. To reach the goal, this paper presents the prominence hierarchy for computing a different degree of preference when there is more than one option for anaphor interpretations. This paper also argues that the coreferential possibility between the Korean anaphor caki and its antecedent is determined by the prominence principle, which is stated in terms of the prominence hierarchy: caki must be coreferential with a more prominent antecedent only if there exists such an antecedent. Finally, this paper extends its proposal to anaphors in other languages such as English, Icelandic, Japanese, and Chineseread more
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Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar
TL;DR: This book investigates a wide variety of semantic rules, stating them in considerable detail and extensively treating their consequences for the syntactic component of the grammar, and proposes radically new approaches to the so-called Crossover Principle, the control problem for complement subjects, parentheticals, and the interpretation of nonspecific noun phrases.
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Anhaphors in English and the scope of binding theory
TL;DR: The authors provide a unified account of the binding properties of the anaphors in (1), each of which is a coargument of its antecedent (ignoring case-marking, or non-predicative, prepositions), as well as those in (2) each which is properly contained within a co-argument of their antecedents.
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Parameters and Learnability in Binding Theory
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TL;DR: This paper attempts a modular approach to language acquisition theory, which states that some aspects of language and its acquisition seem better stated not in linguistic theory, but outside it, in, say, a learning module.
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Anaphor Binding and Narrative Point of View: English Reflexive Pronouns in Sentence and Discourse
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed survey of occurrences of English reflexive pronouns which are marked with respect to the binding theory of Chomskyan generative grammar is presented, and a grammar of these violations drawn a clear-cut line between syntax and discourse is proposed.