Pronouns In Embedded Contexts At The Syntax-semantics Interface (studies In Linguistics And Philosophy)
by Pritty Patel-Grosz /
2018 / English / PDF
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This volume presents studies on pronouns in embedded contexts, and
offers fundamental insights into this central area of research.
Much of the recent research on pronouns has shown that embedded
environments, such as clausal complements of attitude predicates,
provide a window into the nature of pronouns. Pronouns in such
environments not only exhibit familiar distinctions such as that
between bound and referential pronouns; if they refer to the
attitude holder, they also participate in a broader range of
phenomena, e.g., distinguishing between a
This volume presents studies on pronouns in embedded contexts, and
offers fundamental insights into this central area of research.
Much of the recent research on pronouns has shown that embedded
environments, such as clausal complements of attitude predicates,
provide a window into the nature of pronouns. Pronouns in such
environments not only exhibit familiar distinctions such as that
between bound and referential pronouns; if they refer to the
attitude holder, they also participate in a broader range of
phenomena, e.g., distinguishing between ade se
de se reading
(involving a conscious self-directed belief) and a
reading
(involving a conscious self-directed belief) and ade re
de re
reading (involving an accidental belief about oneself). Topics
covered include: the semantics of attitude reports that contain
pronominal elements, the semantics of pronominal features and their
connection to indexicality, new insights in the connection of
pronominal typology and logophoricity or anti-logophoricity, and
finally, the localization of embedded pronouns within a bigger
picture involving the nature of perspective and the analysis of
quasi-pronominal phenomena such as sequence of tense.
reading (involving an accidental belief about oneself). Topics
covered include: the semantics of attitude reports that contain
pronominal elements, the semantics of pronominal features and their
connection to indexicality, new insights in the connection of
pronominal typology and logophoricity or anti-logophoricity, and
finally, the localization of embedded pronouns within a bigger
picture involving the nature of perspective and the analysis of
quasi-pronominal phenomena such as sequence of tense.
