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Pronoun introduced before its antecedent
Yes, it's been extensively studied; perhaps the first paper was Ron Langacker's 1966 "On Pronominalization and the Chain of Command". The major generalization seems to be statable as
A pronoun may ...
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What is the truth value of propostions that have failed in Presupposition?
The issue of what happens with a proposition in case of a failed presuppositions is still not settled. There is a huge pile of literature on this matter, so let me just quickly sketch the three main ...
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Reference and modality - T. Givon (2001), Syntax
Givon does seem a little unclear here. I think he needs to allow for the traditional predicate nominal. In "She is a teacher", "is a teacher" means "teaches" -- it's a predicate, not a reference.
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Reference and modality - T. Givon (2001), Syntax
I think the most important part is this sentence:
One of the most sensitive cross-linguistic tests for modality involves the referential behavior of NPs under various modal scopes (see Ch. 10).
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Book suggestions for linguistics for Computer Science people
You could first start by Yule, G., 2014. The study of language. Cambridge University Press. A more refined and specific introduction to linguistics would be Fromkin, V., Rodman, R. and Hyams, N., 2013....
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How to cite an edited book
It's an edited volume, so each book chapter must be cited separately. Edited volumes are very common in linguistics and your style guide, supervisor, or librarian will be able to help you find the ...
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What is the difference between 'denotation' and 'reference' in linguistics?
I was actually under the impression when you wrote a mathematical formula without stating that x has a particular (but omitted) value, it usually more formally is a stand-in for when you do decide to ...
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How to cite an edited book
Semantics, vol. 2 is authored by John Lyons, and published by Cambridge University press. That single-authored work would be cited as such. The item you are presumably referring to is Semantics: An ...
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What statistical test is appropriate in a corpus analysis of pronoun resolution preferences?
Sentences with ambiguous antecedents are called 'Winograd schemas', and are useful as tests of strong A.I. In this case, you must understand that possession of the book passed to Sally, so 'she' most ...
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By what can an anaphor be realized?
Note that there are 2 ways of defining anaphors; the narrower definition you're using refers back to an antecedent; the broader definition includes cataphors, which refer forward to a later word or ...
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"I should have bought a present. Susie did": is this an example of anaphora?
Yes, it's anaphora, but it isn't referential anaphora. Following George Lakoff, most now distinguish identity of meaning anaphora (here the deleted V' is interpreted to mean the same as its ...
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Is there any english version [online, PDF] of the following?
Mayrhofer's first edition (KEWA) has definitions in both German and English. The much improved second edition (EWAia) is in German only. If you are serious about historical linguistics you need to ...
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