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In:Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 12: Selected papers from the 45th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Campinas, Brazil
Edited by Ruth E.V. Lopes, Juanito Ornelas de Avelar and Sonia M. L. Cyrino
[Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 12] 2017
► pp. 15–28

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Chapter 2
Exempt anaphors and logophoricity in French

 | Harvard University
Published online: 19 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.12.02cha
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to account for instances of anaphors that appear to be exempt from Condition A, based on the French anaphors son propre (‘his own’) and lui-même (≈ ‘himself’). Drawing on specific tests, I show that such anaphors must be anteceded by logophoric centers, specifically either by attitude holders or by empathy loci. This generalization is explained if we suppose the existence of silent logophoric operators that corefer with the antecedent and locally bind the anaphor: apparently exempt anaphors are in fact not exempt. This accounts for why they have the same form as anaphors standardly obeying Condition A: they are one and the same element. Their specific distribution and interpretation derives from their silent logophoric binder.
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • 1.Issue: How to identify exempt anaphors?
    • 1.1How to define locality requirements of anaphors
    • 1.2The inanimacy strategy
    • 1.3Specific caveats for French anaphors
  • 2.Descriptive generalization: Logophoricity of exempt anaphors
    • 2.1Logophoricity
    • 2.2French exempt anaphors in attitude contexts
    • 2.3French exempt anaphors in non-attitude contexts
  • 3.Analysis: Binding by logophoric operators
    • 3.1Logophoric operators
    • 3.2The position of logophoric operators
    • 3.3Interaction between logophoric centers
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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