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Publication details [#6901]

Morgan, Jerry L. 1970. On the criterion of identity for noun phrase deletion. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 6 : 380–389.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

coreference | noun phrase deletion | presupposition

Annotation

Phenomena of coreference (i.e. conditions on the use of equi-NP deletion) are explained in terms of presupposition; the simple 'criterion of identity' for the application of the rule is shown to be inadequate.