Fula Makko and Theories of Anaphora

Fula Makko and Theories of Anaphora

Recent theories of intrasentential anaphora share the assumption that the choice of pronoun does not depend on the form of the antecedent, except for agreement. It is shown that this assumption does not hold for Fula (Niger-Kongo), spoken in Mali. In Fula, the choice of pronoun depends on the intend...

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Veröffentlicht in:Linguistic inquiry 1988-04, Vol.19 (2), p.315-319
Hauptverfasser: CULY, C. C, DICKO, B. G
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anaphora
Brothers
Common nouns
Linguistic theory
Linguistics
Nouns
Possessive pronouns
Pronouns
Referents
Reflexive pronouns
Squibs and Discussion
Syntactical antecedents
Theoretical points. Linguistic concepts
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Zusammenfassung:Recent theories of intrasentential anaphora share the assumption that the choice of pronoun does not depend on the form of the antecedent, except for agreement. It is shown that this assumption does not hold for Fula (Niger-Kongo), spoken in Mali. In Fula, the choice of pronoun depends on the intended referent & on the syntactic form of the antecedent. This is illustrated with reference to the third person possessive pronoun makko. Current syntactic theories cannot account for these facts. 5 References. B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0024-3892
1530-9150