Universal 1082: anaphoric island, pronominal reference
- Original
- If pronominal reference inside certain anaphoric islands, then also outside.
- Standardized
- If pronominal reference can reach into certain anaphoric islands, THEN also outside.
- Keywords
- anaphoric island, pronominal reference
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- series of psycholinguistic experiments
- Source
- Ward, Sproat, & McKoon 1991
- Counterexamples
This statement contradicts the anaphoric island constraint (Postal 1969).But there is considerable evidence that islandhood is variable.