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Universals and variation

Encoding anaphoric dependencies

Abstract

This contribution starts with an overview of current issues in the theory of binding. It sketches a modular approach based on universal principles (entailing that reflexivity must be licensed), and that yet is able to account for the cross-linguistic variation observed. It subsequently addresses three issues as case studies: Non-local binding in Scandinavian and the role played by finiteness marking; followed by an analysis of apparently locally bound pronominals in Fijian; it concludes with a novel solution to a problem posed by the anaphoric system of Chamorro that was first described in Chung (1989).

Abstract

This contribution starts with an overview of current issues in the theory of binding. It sketches a modular approach based on universal principles (entailing that reflexivity must be licensed), and that yet is able to account for the cross-linguistic variation observed. It subsequently addresses three issues as case studies: Non-local binding in Scandinavian and the role played by finiteness marking; followed by an analysis of apparently locally bound pronominals in Fijian; it concludes with a novel solution to a problem posed by the anaphoric system of Chamorro that was first described in Chung (1989).

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Finiteness: underlying relations
  5. Finiteness and Pseudofiniteness 47
  6. The Split T Analysis 79
  7. Universals and variation 93
  8. Finiteness, inflection, and the syntax your morphology can afford 121
  9. Part II: Morphosyntactic exponents of (non-)finiteness
  10. Agreement is not an essential ingredient of finiteness 171
  11. Non-finiteness in Saamáka 189
  12. Finiteness and response particles in West Flemish 211
  13. Part III: Finiteness in language acquisition
  14. Word order and finiteness in acquisition 257
  15. The influence of phonological factors on the expression of finiteness by children learning Dutch as their first and second language 287
  16. Contradictory parameter settings in one mind 309
  17. Index 343
Finiteness Matters
This chapter is in the book Finiteness Matters
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.231.04reu

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Finiteness: underlying relations
  5. Finiteness and Pseudofiniteness 47
  6. The Split T Analysis 79
  7. Universals and variation 93
  8. Finiteness, inflection, and the syntax your morphology can afford 121
  9. Part II: Morphosyntactic exponents of (non-)finiteness
  10. Agreement is not an essential ingredient of finiteness 171
  11. Non-finiteness in Saamáka 189
  12. Finiteness and response particles in West Flemish 211
  13. Part III: Finiteness in language acquisition
  14. Word order and finiteness in acquisition 257
  15. The influence of phonological factors on the expression of finiteness by children learning Dutch as their first and second language 287
  16. Contradictory parameter settings in one mind 309
  17. Index 343
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