Essays on Anaphora

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. A Selective History of Modern Binding Theory

   • Howard Lasnik

   Pages 1-36

3. The Logical Structure of Reciprocal Sentences in English 1973

   • Robert Fiengo, Howard Lasnik

   Pages 37-57

4. Complement Object Deletion 1974

   • Howard Lasnik, Robert Fiengo

   Pages 58-89

5. Remarks on Coreference 1976

   • Howard Lasnik

   Pages 90-109

6. Disjoint Reference and Wh-Trace 1981

   • Robert Freidin, Howard Lasnik

   Pages 110-124

7. On Two Recent Treatments of Disjoint Reference 1981

   • Howard Lasnik

   Pages 125-133

8. Illicit NP Movement: Locality Conditions on Chains? 1985

   • Howard Lasnik

   Pages 134-142

9. A Note on Anaphora and Double Objects 1986

   • Andrew Barss, Howard Lasnik

   Pages 143-148

10. On The Necessity of Binding Conditions 1986

    • Howard Lasnik

    Pages 149-167

11. Back Matter

    Pages 168-180

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The articles collected in this book are concerned with the treatment of anaphora within generative grammar, specifically, within Chomsky's 'Ex­ tended Standard Theory' (EST). Since the inception of this theory, and virtually since the inception of generative grammar, anaphora has been a central topic of investigation. In current research, it has, perhaps, become even more central, as a major focus of study in such areas as syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, and language acquisition. Beginning in the early 1970's, and continuing to the present, Chomsky has developed a comprehensive syntactic theory of anaphora. The articles here are all related to stages in the development of that theory, and can best be understood in relation to that development. For that reason, Chapter 1 presents a historical survey of Chomsky's EST proposals on anaphora, along with brief indications of how the present articles fit into that history. Some of the articles here (e.g. Chapters 4, 8, and 9) proposed extensions of Chomsky's basic ideas to a wider range of phenomena.

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• Dept. of Linguistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

  Howard Lasnik

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