Binding in picture noun phrases: Implications for binding theory
- This paper investigates the binding of pronouns and reflexives in picture noun phrases, and focuses on data showing that reflexives and pronouns are not in complementary distribution in picture NPs with possessors. In particular, we discuss data showing that whereas reflexives can take either the possessor or the subject of the sentence as antecedent, pronouns are restricted to an antecedent other than the possessor phrase. We suggest that this asymmetry can be straightforwardly explained if we assume that (1) the possessor of a picture NP is not part of the head noun's argument structure and (2) Binding Theory is stated over dependents structure, the representation encompassing both a head's argument structure and other phrases dependent on it in various ways. If the possessor of a picture NP (PNP) is not part of the head's argument structure, it follows that reflexives in PNPs with possessors will be exempt from Binding Theory, which paves the way for an analysis of the reflexive data. Furthermore, we also show that if BT is regarded as defined over dependents structure, it follows that a pronoun in a picture NP with a possessor must be disjoint from that possessor phrase.
Author: | Jeffrey T. RunnerORCiDGND, Elsi KaiserORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-710882 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2005.34 |
ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2005/10/17 |
Year of first Publication: | 2005 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (12 : 2005 : Lissabon) |
Release Date: | 2024/08/30 |
GND Keyword: | Nominalphrase; Implikatur; Bindungstheorie <Linguistik> |
Volume: | 12.2005 |
Issue: | 1 |
Page Number: | 20 |
First Page: | 594 |
Last Page: | 613 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch | |
Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
Licence (German): | ![]() |