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Publication details [#19031]

Huang, Yan. 1994. The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora: A Study with Special Reference to Chinese. (Cambridge studies in linguistics 70). Cambridge University Press. 331 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Person as a subject
ISBN
0-521-41887-9

Annotation

Examining anaphora in a broad sense, operating within a joint syntactic and pragmatic perspective comprising especially the government-binding (GB)/principles-and-parameters theory (P&P) and neo-Gricean pragmatics à la Levinson, this book focuses on the interpretation of empty pronominal categories like pro and pro and the null variable and on the interpretation of ordinary, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

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