This thesis investigates three topics relating to the semantics of phi features on pronouns.
Part I focuses on gender features on pronouns. Following previous studies (Cooper 1983 …

We present novel data showing that indexicals, first and second person pronouns in
particular, occurring in a certain kind of attitude report in Uyghur are interpreted with respect …

This thesis examines argument structure—the linking relations between verbs and their
arguments—in Choctaw, a Muskogean language spoken in Mississippi and Oklahoma. My …

propose a syntactic analysis of Uyghur indexical shift, a process by which embedded
indexicals such as the counterparts of you and I are interpreted relative to the reported …

Every natural language has words and phrases whose meanings refer to certain aspects of
the context of utterance (eg I, you, here, now, etc.). These items are usually called indexicals …

Indexical Shifting in Uyghur¦ ¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤ Vembedded 1 Background on Indexical Shifting
Page 1 Indexical Shifting in Uyghur¦ Kirill Shklovsky Yasutada Sudo kirills@mit.edu …