2002/07/01 by Rose-Marie Déchaine, Rose‐Marie Déchaine, Martina Wiltschko · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Historical Linguistics and Language Studies #Linguistics and Discourse Analysis #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
paper · doi:10.1162/002438902760168554
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Starting with the idea that the notion “pronoun” is not a primitive of linguistic theory, we propose that it is necessary to recognize (at least) three pronoun types: pro-DP, pro-fP, and pro-NP. Evidence supporting this three-way split comes from the sensitivity of certain proforms to the predicate/argument distinction, the internal structure of proforms, and the binding-theoretic properties of proforms. Recognizing different pronoun types also sheds light on the formal (dis)similarities between obviation and switch-reference.