Logophoricity

From Glottopedia
Revision as of 21:07, 16 February 2009 by Wohlgemuth (talk | contribs) (utrecht)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Logophoricity is a phenomenon of coreferentiality that is not covered by the Binding theory. Compare (i) and (ii):

(i)  * Billi told us that Elisabeth had invited himselfi
(ii)   Billi told us that Elisabeth had invited Charles and himselfi

In (i) himself cannot be bound by Bill (due to Condition A of the Binding theory). But in (ii) himself can be coreferential with Bill in (apparent) violation of Condition A. The co-referentiality of (ii) is considered one of logophoricity.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics