reflexives in subject position

[Christopher Manning]

On 17 February 2000, David Pesetsky wrote:
 > What is the claim, that there is no effect of
 > intervening subjects, or that there is an effect, but it's more complicated?

That the preference for local binding follows from the emphatic nature
of zibun-zisin rather than the existence of a clear syntactic domain
restriction.  Certainly this includes the possibility of intervening
subjects, as in:

Tanaka-kyoozyu$_i$ wa [gakusei ga gakkoo-tookyoku dake de-naku
zibun-zisin$_i$ ni mo sinrai o oi-te i-nakat-ta] noni gakuzen to si-ta.
Tanaka-professor {\sc top} student {\sc nom} school-authorities only
be-{\sc neg} self on even reliance {\sc acc} place-{\sc prog-neg}-{\sc
past} since shocked {\sc comp} do-{\sc past}
`Prof. Tanaka$_i$ got shocked at the fact that the students didn't
rely on not only the school authorities but also him$_i$.

Chris Manning