Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore

This paper presents the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. After a broad review of of the different theories covered under the term, it provides an overview of the history of the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. It then discusses Ariel’s theory of accessibility and shows how it...

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Main Author: Philip Miller
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Language:English
Published: Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO 2022-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/corela/14109
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description This paper presents the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. After a broad review of of the different theories covered under the term, it provides an overview of the history of the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. It then discusses Ariel’s theory of accessibility and shows how it can account for the choice of some of the anaphoric expressions provided in the text. In a final section, the paper presents the author’s recent work on the choice between verbal anaphors (Verb Phrase Ellipsis and the Verb Phrase Anaphors do it, do this, do that). It is shown that accessibility can account for some aspects of the choice but is not sufficient. Further constraints on the choice are proposed in terms of the notion of Question Under Discussion (QUD), for which experimental evidence is adduced.
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spelling doaj-art-4b4065e59b9d4b1786f862a88f2f32f02025-08-20T02:20:29ZengCercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICOCorela1638-573X2022-04-013510.4000/corela.14109Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphorePhilip MillerThis paper presents the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. After a broad review of of the different theories covered under the term, it provides an overview of the history of the treatment of anaphora in generative grammar. It then discusses Ariel’s theory of accessibility and shows how it can account for the choice of some of the anaphoric expressions provided in the text. In a final section, the paper presents the author’s recent work on the choice between verbal anaphors (Verb Phrase Ellipsis and the Verb Phrase Anaphors do it, do this, do that). It is shown that accessibility can account for some aspects of the choice but is not sufficient. Further constraints on the choice are proposed in terms of the notion of Question Under Discussion (QUD), for which experimental evidence is adduced.https://journals.openedition.org/corela/14109EllipsisAnaphoraVP-EllipsisQuestion Under DiscussionAntecedentGenerative Grammar
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Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
Corela
Ellipsis
Anaphora
VP-Ellipsis
Question Under Discussion
Antecedent
Generative Grammar
title Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
title_full Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
title_fullStr Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
title_full_unstemmed Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
title_short Perspective de la grammaire générative sur l’anaphore
title_sort perspective de la grammaire generative sur l anaphore
topic Ellipsis
Anaphora
VP-Ellipsis
Question Under Discussion
Antecedent
Generative Grammar
url https://journals.openedition.org/corela/14109
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