Long-Distance Reflexivization and Logophoricity in the Dargin Language

Authors

Muminat Kerimova, Florida International University

Document Type

finalproject

Degree

Master of Arts

Department

Department of English

First Advisor's Name

Ellen Thompson

First Advisor's Committee Title

Major professor

Date of Defense

2017

Abstract

The study of anaphora challenges us to determine the conditions under which the pronouns of a language are associated with possible antecedents. One of the theoretical questions is whether the distribution of pronominal forms is best explained by a syntactic, semantic or discourse level analysis. A more practical question is how we distinguish between anaphoric elements, e.g. what are the borders between the notions of pronouns, locally bound reflexives and long-distance reflexives? The study analyzes the anaphora device saj in Dargin that is traditionally considered to be a long-distance reflexivization language. We show that the previous research did not cover all uses of saj that are essential for the notion of long-distance reflexivization and logophoricity. The course of analysis leads to the conclusion that saj does not have the syntactic restrictions imposed on long-distance reflexives or logophors in other languages.

Identifier

FIDC006308

Recommended Citation

Kerimova, Muminat, "Long-Distance Reflexivization and Logophoricity in the Dargin Language" (2017). MA in Linguistics Final Projects. 3.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/linguistics_ma/3