Binding and the Structure of NP in Serbo-Croatian

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4803259
AutoresMiloje Despić (Cornell University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas239-270
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLinguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150
EditorialThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/ling_a_00126
OpenAlexW2083155493
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas28

On the basis of binding facts, I argue that Serbo-Croatian (SC) does not project DP and that DP is not a universal property of language. I show that a number of binding contrasts between English and SC follow straightforwardly from independently motivated differences in their nominal structure, most notably from the assumption that DP is present only in English. I also discuss in detail the potential significance of this puzzling set of facts for the binding theory in general. Specifically, I propose that SC employs Condition C as defined in Lasnik 1989 and, in addition to the core binding conditions, a competitive mechanism adopted from Safir 2004 , which regulates the distribution of reflexives, pronouns, and R-expressions. I also argue that the binding domains for pronouns and reflexives in SC need to be formulated differently

Combinatorics · Core (optical fiber) · Croatian · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mechanism (biology) · Property (philosophy) · Set (abstract data type) · Computer Science · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation