Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar
(LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides …

This article explains the conditions on the binding of pronouns, simplex anaphors, and
complex anaphors, distinguishing the roles of the computational system, interpretive …

In this work, Ken Safir develops a comprehensive theory on the role of anaphora in syntax.
First, he contends that the complementary distribution of forms that support the anaphoric …

In most European languages intensifiers (eg Latin ipse, German selbst, Russian sam, Italian
stesso, etc.) differ from reflexive pronouns (Latin se, German sich, Russian sebja, Italian sè) …

In central cases of switch-reference, a marker on the verb of one clause is used to indicate
whether its subject has the same or different reference from the subject of an adjacent …

This paper articulates and defends a view of Ergativity rooted in Case Theory. The leading
idea is that given two structural (ie as opposed to “semantic” or “inherent”) Cases, languages …

Syntactic theory, in its broadest sense, is concerned primarily with the ways in which
individual lexical items combine to compose hierarchical structures, and with the …

At the beginning of How to Do Things with Words, JL Austin bemoaned the common
philosophical pretense that ''the business of a [sentence] can only be to 'describe'some state …

This book deals with the questions asked about the L2 acquisition process within different
research paradigms, examines the results found in each approach, and evaluates the …

English and Norwegian pronouns differ with respect to what will be referred to here as
antisubject orientation. This phenomenon was first discussed by Vikner (1985) in the context …