Abstract
L. Solan has observed (see LLBA 18/3, 8404418) that the sentence John thought that Paul Drake was investigating HIM superficially violates condition C of Noam Chomsky's binding theory (Lectures on Government and Binding, Dordrecht: Foris, 1981). Solan argues that as this sentence allows a coreferential reading for John & him, there is no Logical Form representation of focus, & interpretation of focus occurs at the discourse interpretation level. Some weaknesses in Solan's argument are pointed out & an alternative explanation is proposed which accommodates apparent exceptions to condition C & the weak crossover condition. 20 References. B. Annesser Murray
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 759-766 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Linguistic Inquiry |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
Keywords
- Discourse
- Squibs and Discussion
- Phrases
- Nouns
- Syntactical antecedents
- Sentences
- Anaphora
- Case grammar
- Pronouns
- Crossovers
- Spoken Discourse
- Grammar
- Medium and Register
- The English Language
- Syntax of Contemporary English
- syntax
- anaphoric pronoun
- English language (Modern)
- discourse
- Linguistics
- Syntax
- Descriptive studies and applied theories