Referential index

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Referential index is a formal device used to indicate reference.

Example

in John_i saw himself_i and Mary_i saw John_j the subscripts i and j are the referential indices (or indexes).

See also

• Coindexing

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
• Chomsky, N. 1980. On binding, Linguistic Inquiry 11-1, pp.1-46
• Fiengo, R. and R. May 1994. Indices and identity, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Lasnik, H. 1989. Essays on anaphora, Reidel, Dordrecht