The Licensing of Pronominal Features in WCO and OPC Configurations
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چکیده
I argue that Weak Crossover and Overt Pronoun Constraint effects show up systematically only with nonspecific wh-phrases. To account for this contrast, I propose an analysis based on the following condition for binding: features on bound pronouns must be licensed under c-command by features of their binders, therefore binders must be endowed (at least) with all the features of the pronouns they bind. This working paper is available in University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: http://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/ vol16/iss1/9 The Licensing of Pronominal Features in WCO and OPC Configurations∗
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