conference Dalrymple le lundi 6 juin a 12h

[Anne Abeillé]

Mary Dalrymple (Oxford University)
fera une conférence exceptionnelle le lundi 6 juin a 12h
au laboratoire LLF
175 rue du chevaleret 75013
metro chevaleret (ligne 6) ou bibliotheque (ligne 14)
4e etage salle C492

A very long-distance anaphor?

Yag Dii (Niger-Congo/Adamawa-Ubangi) has a complicated pronominal  
system, with four series of pronouns whose distribution is determined
by the type of clause in which they appear (Bohnhoff 1986).  One  
series exhibits an extreme degree of long-distance binding: it must
appear as the subject of a subordinate clause which is itself  
embedded within a separate syntactically-defined subordinate domain,  
with the
result that it must be at least two clauses removed from its  
antecedent.  The distribution of the Yag Dii pronouns is difficult to
capture by reference to standard noncoreference domains and the  
standard primitives of binding theory. Instead, binding patterns can
be defined in a relatively straightforward way in terms of local  
specifications associated with particular domains and with subjects of
particular types of clauses, with more fully specified forms blocking  
the use of less specified forms in the same position.

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