Long Distance Anaphora (Paperback)

Jan Koster

ISBN 10: 0521400007 / ISBN 13: 9780521400008

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

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Paperback. There are a number of persistent anomalies in binding theory. One is the lack of an integrated view of long distance anaphora. Anaphors generally require an antecedent, but languages have been shown to show striking differences as to where such antecedents may occur. This volume is a collection of original articles by distinguished contributors on the nature of anaphoric systems in a wide variety of genetically and structurally different languages, and it examines the general laws underlying the apparent diversity of data from the perspective of current linguistic theory. There is a surprising degree of convergence in the analyses proposed. A substantive introduction summarises and discusses the main results, providing an integrative picture of individual and common results. This is the first representative collection of articles on this important topic. It is both conceptually coherent and of real theoretical importance. Anaphors (elements such as himself) generally require an antecedent, but languages have been found to show striking differences as to where such antecedents may occur. This book is concerned with the general laws underlying this diversity, covering a wide variety of languages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Long Distance Anaphora (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521400007
• ISBN 13: 9780521400008
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

There are a number of persistent anomalies in binding theory. One is the lack of an integrated view of long distance anaphora. Anaphors generally require an antecedent, but languages have been found to show striking differences as to where such antecedents may occur. This volume is a collection of original articles by distinguished contributors on the nature of anaphoric systems in a wide variety of genetically and structurally different languages, and examines the general laws underlying the apparent diversity of data from the perspective of current linguistic theory. There is a surprising degree of convergence in the analyses proposed. A substantive introduction summarizes and discusses the main results, providing an integrative picture of individual and common results.

Book Description

Original articles by distinguished contributors on the nature of anaphoric systems in a wide variety of genetically and structurally different languages, examine the general laws underlying the apparent diversity of data.