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Let me illustrate briefly the effect of condition B, as this condition is designed to
account for the non-complementary distribution of pronouns and anaphors, and
therefore is the most relevant for the account of the binding facts attested in the
constructions under discussion (5)-(7). Thus consider (11):
(11) Dan i likes jokes about him i /himself i
In “Reflexivity” the grammaticality of the pronoun in (11) is accounted for as
follows: The coindexed arguments Dan and the pronoun him are arguments of two
different predicates. Dan is the argument of the verb like, whereas him is the argument
of the noun jokes. The pronoun is grammatical, as none of the predicates is reflexive. In
other words, the occurrence of the pronoun in (11) is not ruled out by condition B.
With this being clarified, let us turn to the binding facts presented in (5)-(7),
repeated for convenience below:
Locative
(12) a. bart i sam et ha-sukarya leyad-o i /?*leyad acmo i
Bart put Acc the-candy near-him/near himself
b. af exad lo yaxol lasim xefec i al acmo i /leyad acmo i //*al-av i /*leyad-o i
No one not can put [an] object i on itself/near itself//*on-it/*near-it i
(Oren Beit-Arie 1994)
Directional
(13) a. be-ta’ut, ha-pakid i hifna et rina el-av i /??el acmo i
By mistake, the-clerk directed Acc Rina to-him/to himself
“By mistake, the clerk directed Rina to *him/himself.”
b. ba-xalom, bart hifna et lisa i el acma i /*ele-ha i
“In his dream, Bart directed Lisa to herself/*to her.”
Dative
(14) a. dan i natan et ha-pras le-acmo i /*lo i
Dan i gave Acc the-prize to-himself /*him