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The Logic of Pronominal
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Contents
GeneralPreface xi
Preface xii
ListofFigures xiv
ListofTables xvi
ListofSymbols,Glosses,andAbbreviations xvii
1. Introduction 1
1.1 OutlineoftheBook 4
PartI: Background
2. Resumption 9
2.1 ResumptivePronounsinUnboundedDependencies 10
2.2 Processing-BasedResumptivePronouns 41
2.3 CopyRaising 44
2.4 Conclusion 46
3. Lexical-FunctionalGrammar 48
3.1 GrammaticalArchitecture 49
3.2 ConstituentStructure 55
3.3 FunctionalStructure 58
3.4 SemanticStructure 66
3.5 Templates 67
3.6 AnaphoraandSyntax 69
3.7 UnboundedDependencies 71
3.8 Raising 75
4. GlueSemantics 77
4.1 CompositionandInterpretation 77
4.2 Anaphora 83
4.3 Scope 86
PartII: Theory
5. TheResourceSensitivityHypothesis 95
5.1 SubstructuralLogicsandLinguisticTheory 96
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5.2 LogicalandLinguisticResourceSensitivity 106
5.3 ResourceSensitivityandLinguisticTheory 110
5.4 Conclusion 123
6. TheResourceManagementTheoryofResumption 124
6.1 TheProblemofResumptivesasResourceSurplus 124
6.2 ManagerResources 128
6.3 IntegratingResourceManagementinLFG 134
6.4 SyntacticallyInactiveResumptivePronouns 142
6.5 Conclusion 147
PartIII: SyntacticallyActiveResumptives
7. Irish 157
7.1 IrishClausalStructure 157
7.2 UnboundedDependenciesinIrish 163
7.3 AnalysisofCorePatterns 167
7.4 AnalysisofMixedChains 190
7.5 Summary 198
7.6 Discussion 200
7.7 Conclusion 215
8. Hebrew 217
8.1 ResumptivePronounsinHebrew 217
8.2 LicensingResumptivesLexically 219
8.3 Analysis 222
8.4 Conclusion 231
PartIV: SyntacticallyInactiveResumptives
9. Swedish 235
9.1 ResumptivePronounsinSwedish 236
9.2 LicensingandIntegratingSyntacticallyInactiveResumptives 252
9.3 Analysis 256
9.4 Discussion 258
9.5 Conclusion 261
10.Vata 264
10.1 ResumptivePronounsinVata 264
10.2Analysis 267
10.3 Conclusion 274
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PartV: OtherKindsofResumption
11. ResumptionandProcessing 279
11.1 TheProcessingModel 279
11.2 Production 280
11.3 ParsingandInterpretation 300
11.4 Conclusion 323
12.CopyRaising 326
12.1 EnglishCopyRaising 326
12.2 UnifyingCopyRaisingandResumption 336
12.3 Analysis 340
12.4 CapturingVariationLexically 351
12.5 FurtherConsequences:CopyRaisingand
Scope 356
12.6 Conclusion 358
13.Conclusion 365
13.1 PredictionsoftheResourceManagementTheory
andtheProcessingTheory 367
13.2 AlternativeApproaches 378
13.3 ApparentChallengestoResourceSensitivity 381
13.4 DirectionsforFutureWork 387
PartVI: Appendices
A. GlueSemanticswithLimitedMultiplicative
IntuitionisticLinearLogic 395
A.1 TheGlueLogic 395
A.2 ProofRulesformill 396
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A.3 MeaningLanguageTermAssignmentsformill 396
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B. AFragmentofIrish 397
B.1 C-structureRules 397
B.2 Templates 398
B.3 Lexicon 398
B.4 Examples 401
C. AFragmentofSwedish 416
C.1 C-structureRules 416
C.2 Templates 416
