Kokborok and the simple-complex reflexive distinction

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ID20381007
AuthorsGargi Roy (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Karumuri V Subbarao (University of Delhi), Κ V Subbarao (University of Delhi), Rajesh Kumar (0000-0001-9750-3437, Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Martin Everaert (0000-0002-4418-4126, Utrecht University)
Year2021
Volume45
Issue2
Pages384-407
Publication date2021-08-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/sl.19091.roy
OpenAlexW3093604100
LanguageEN
References cited25

This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the binding strategies in Kokborok and we will look more specifically how this sheds light on the theories of reflexivization. Kokborok, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Tripura, a state in the North-East of India, has two reflexives: sak sak ‘self self’ and sak baithaŋ ‘self self’. The form sak sak ‘self self’ conforms to Principle A of classic Binding Theory, blocking long-distance binding, but this does not hold true for sak baithaŋ allowing non-local binding. It is a well-established fact that some reflexives allow non-local binding, but it is generally assumed that this phenomenon is limited to a certain type of reflexive, morpho-syntactically ‘simple reflexives.’ The so-called ‘complex reflexives’ generally bar non-local binding, and the Kokborok reflexive sak baithaŋ seems an exception to that. This paper explores the uniqueness involved in the nature of anaphoric binding in Kokborok

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