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Bound and referential pronouns - Cognitive Science

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Interpreting <strong>pronouns</strong><br />

When the interpretation of a pronoun depends on another DP<br />

this may be due to<br />

i. the pronoun being c-comm<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> syntactically bound<br />

by that DP.<br />

We speak here of bound <strong>pronouns</strong> (in a narrow sense of<br />

"bound").<br />

This relation is obviously only possible within a sentence<br />

<strong>and</strong> is not based on a relation of reference.<br />

(1) John thought he would be late.<br />

(2) Everyone thought he would be late.<br />

(3) Fred told Jane she would be late.<br />

Interpreting <strong>pronouns</strong><br />

When the interpretation of a pronoun depends on another DP,<br />

this may, alternatively, be due to<br />

ii. the pronoun occurring <strong>referential</strong>ly,<br />

a. referring to the same entity that is referred to by<br />

another <strong>referential</strong> DP in discourse (strict<br />

coreference)<br />

(4) John took the train. He went to Berlin.<br />

b. or referring to an entity that was introduced into the<br />

discourse indirectly by another, not necessarily<br />

<strong>referential</strong>, DP (discourse reference)<br />

(5) A man called. But he didn't leave a message.<br />

(6) John wanted to catch a fish. He wanted to eat it<br />

for dinner.

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