Some Norwegian “Type Anaphora” are Surface Anaphora

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ID22993880
AuthorsHelge Lodrup (0000-0003-2175-0479, University of Oslo, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume24
Issue1
Pages23-52
Publication date2012-02-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Germanic Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-5427 • E-ISSN: 1475-3014
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1470542711000134
OpenAlexW2103134760
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

The Norwegian pronoun det ‘it, that’ is basically third person neuter singular. Under certain conditions, it can have antecedents that are not neuter singular (for example, Marit kjøpte en kylling — Det kjøpte John også ‘Marit bought a chicken. masc —John bought one too’). Used this way, the pronoun does not refer to the same object as its antecedent; Borthen 2003 refers to it as a “type anaphor.” This article argues that type anaphora are not a unitary phenomenon. There are two groups with very different properties. One group realizes what was called surface anaphora in Hankamer & Sag 1976. The other group has a generic or eventive interpretation.

Anaphora (linguistics) · Antecedent (behavioral psychology) · Linguistics · Norwegian · Pronoun · Resolution (logic) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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