The Syntax of Monsters
We present novel data showing that indexicals, first and second person pronouns in particular, occurring in a certain kind of attitude report in Uyghur are interpreted with respect to the reported context (indexical shifting). While previous authors report similar shifted interpretations of indexica...
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| author | Shklovsky, Kirill Sudo, Yasutada |
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| description | We present novel data showing that indexicals, first and second person pronouns in particular, occurring in a certain kind of attitude report in Uyghur are interpreted with respect to the reported context (indexical shifting). While previous authors report similar shifted interpretations of indexicals in languages such as Amharic and Zazaki, we observe a unique feature of Uyghur indexical shifting: it is sensitive to structural positions of the indexical item, and as a consequence can be partial. We account for the structural sensitivity of Uyghur indexical shifting with a context-shifting operator (or monster) that is syntactically independent from the embedding attitude predicate. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/909312022-10-01T18:18:50Z The Syntax of Monsters Shklovsky, Kirill Sudo, Yasutada Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Shklovsky, Kirill We present novel data showing that indexicals, first and second person pronouns in particular, occurring in a certain kind of attitude report in Uyghur are interpreted with respect to the reported context (indexical shifting). While previous authors report similar shifted interpretations of indexicals in languages such as Amharic and Zazaki, we observe a unique feature of Uyghur indexical shifting: it is sensitive to structural positions of the indexical item, and as a consequence can be partial. We account for the structural sensitivity of Uyghur indexical shifting with a context-shifting operator (or monster) that is syntactically independent from the embedding attitude predicate. 2014-10-15T12:13:40Z 2014-10-15T12:13:40Z 2014-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0024-3892 1530-9150 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90931 Shklovsky, Kirill, and Yasutada Sudo. “The Syntax of Monsters.” Linguistic Inquiry 45, no. 3 (July 2014): 381–402. © 2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00160 Linguistic Inquiry Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Press MIT Press |
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