LIN232H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Binding Domain, Complementizer, Folk Dance
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Binding theory (ch. 5: referring expressions (r-expressions, anaphors, pronominals/pronouns, binding principles a, b, c. We will see one very important case where one particular structural relation is relevant, in that it helps us model where certain kinds of nps can grammatically occur. Meaning/interpretation & structure: binding principles are another place where interpretation is affected by structure, there are consequences for meaning depending on structure. Another example of this we"ve already seen is structural ambiguity. Language and reference: different kinds of reference. Yesterday, there, she, now, our, themselves, this: four dogs, a cat, the party, my unicorn, harry potter, deictic: to the world; reference to linguistic components. When an n grows up : syntax: become an np, semantics: make reference to some entity. Describes the conditions on the structural relations between nps with respect to reference. Concerned with three types of nps: r-expressions (proper names, common nouns, pronouns (he, she, it, his, one, them, him, etc, anaphors (eg. himself, herself, themselves)
