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Indefiniteness and Anaphoricity
Cole, Peter
Language, 50, 4 Pt 1, 665-674, Dec 74
It is proposed that syntactic processes (rules and constraints) may have a semantic basis. Evidence is presented that the constraint against backward pronominalization with indefinite antecedents derives from the semantic properties of various classes of definite noun phrases. (CK)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Pronouns, Semantics, Syntax
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