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'''Pronoun of laziness''' is a [[pronoun]] which is only partially co-referential with an [[antecedent]]. | '''Pronoun of laziness''' is a [[pronoun]] which is only partially co-referential with an [[antecedent]]. | ||
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| − | + | If the sentence ''John gave his hat to me, but Bill gave it to Sarah'' is intended to mean that I got John's hat and Sarah Bill's hat, the pronoun ''it'' does not have the same (intended) referent as ''his hat'', and thus is only 'lazily' co-referential with the full NP. If one takes the sentence to have a logical form like [John:x [x gave [x's hat] to me ] and [Bill:y gave [y's hat] to Sarah] with ''his'' a bound variable, ''it'' can be taken to be a copy of its antecedent (x's hat), rather than being co-referential with it. Full implementation of this analysis by means of [[lambda-abstraction]] is, however, more involved. | |
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Pronoun+of+laziness&lemmacode=448 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Pronoun+of+laziness&lemmacode=448 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
| − | + | == References == | |
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* Haik, I. 1986. ''Pronouns of Laziness,'' in: S. Berman et al (eds.) NELS 16, 197-216, U.Mass. Amherst. | * Haik, I. 1986. ''Pronouns of Laziness,'' in: S. Berman et al (eds.) NELS 16, 197-216, U.Mass. Amherst. | ||
* Partee, B.H. 1978. ''Bound Variables and other Anaphors,'' in:D. Waltz (ed.) Proceedings of TINLAP 2, 79-85, . | * Partee, B.H. 1978. ''Bound Variables and other Anaphors,'' in:D. Waltz (ed.) Proceedings of TINLAP 2, 79-85, . | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 27 September 2014
Definition
Pronoun of laziness is a pronoun which is only partially co-referential with an antecedent.
Example
If the sentence John gave his hat to me, but Bill gave it to Sarah is intended to mean that I got John's hat and Sarah Bill's hat, the pronoun it does not have the same (intended) referent as his hat, and thus is only 'lazily' co-referential with the full NP. If one takes the sentence to have a logical form like [John:x [x gave [x's hat] to me ] and [Bill:y gave [y's hat] to Sarah] with his a bound variable, it can be taken to be a copy of its antecedent (x's hat), rather than being co-referential with it. Full implementation of this analysis by means of lambda-abstraction is, however, more involved.
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Haik, I. 1986. Pronouns of Laziness, in: S. Berman et al (eds.) NELS 16, 197-216, U.Mass. Amherst.
- Partee, B.H. 1978. Bound Variables and other Anaphors, in:D. Waltz (ed.) Proceedings of TINLAP 2, 79-85, .
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