LIN232H1 Chapter 5: LIN232 Chapter 5 Notes
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An np that gets its meaning by referring to an entity in the world. Sam, and a paper about birds both refer to things that exist in the world. An anaphor must get its meaning from another np in the sentence. Herself is an anaphor because it depends on the reference to heidi to be understandable. An np that can (but is not mandatory) get its meaning from another word in the sentence. The he can refer to another person, or archie himself. Anaphors cannot appear in the subject positions of sentences. The theory of the syntactic restrictions on where these different np types can appear in a sentence. An np that gives its meaning to another np. This helps give understanding to each np in the sentence and its relations to other np"s. Coindexed: two np"s are coindexed if they have the same index. Binds: a binds b if a c-commands b and a and b are coindexed.
