Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor?
This paper considers the distribution of the anaphor <i>mình</i> in Vietnamese and whether <i>mình</i> can be locally bound in the absence of the reflexivizing element <i>tự</i>. The patterning of Vietnamese <i>mình</i> poses a potential challenge to t...
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| description | This paper considers the distribution of the anaphor <i>mình</i> in Vietnamese and whether <i>mình</i> can be locally bound in the absence of the reflexivizing element <i>tự</i>. The patterning of Vietnamese <i>mình</i> poses a potential challenge to theories of binding based on claims that anaphors that are monomorphemic reject local binding and are unable to reflexivize a predicate. The paper reports on an experiment designed to probe judgements of <i>mình</i> in local reflexive interpretations and concludes that, for many speakers from different regions of Vietnam, <i>mình</i> in object position may be interpreted reflexively with the subject of the same clause, without the need for <i>tự</i>. On the basis of patterns involving ellipsis and quantificational subjects, it is further shown that this is a genuine binding relation and not simple co-reference. Such conclusions are noted to have significant consequences for certain approaches to binding. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8a4f69bf23e48b8a4fcdf12e48f1df82025-08-20T02:42:32ZengMDPI AGLanguages2226-471X2025-02-011034410.3390/languages10030044Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor?Andrew Simpson0Linh Pham1Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USADepartment of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USAThis paper considers the distribution of the anaphor <i>mình</i> in Vietnamese and whether <i>mình</i> can be locally bound in the absence of the reflexivizing element <i>tự</i>. The patterning of Vietnamese <i>mình</i> poses a potential challenge to theories of binding based on claims that anaphors that are monomorphemic reject local binding and are unable to reflexivize a predicate. The paper reports on an experiment designed to probe judgements of <i>mình</i> in local reflexive interpretations and concludes that, for many speakers from different regions of Vietnam, <i>mình</i> in object position may be interpreted reflexively with the subject of the same clause, without the need for <i>tự</i>. On the basis of patterns involving ellipsis and quantificational subjects, it is further shown that this is a genuine binding relation and not simple co-reference. Such conclusions are noted to have significant consequences for certain approaches to binding.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/3/44bindingmonomorphemic anaphorsco-referencereflexivizers |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Simpson Linh Pham Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? Languages binding monomorphemic anaphors co-reference reflexivizers |
| title | Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? |
| title_full | Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? |
| title_fullStr | Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? |
| title_short | Reflexivization and Mình-Exceptional Local Binding by a Monomorphemic Anaphor? |
| title_sort | reflexivization and minh exceptional local binding by a monomorphemic anaphor |
| topic | binding monomorphemic anaphors co-reference reflexivizers |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/3/44 |
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