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This document provides answers to a quiz on binding theory in linguistics. It defines antecedents and discusses principles of binding theory including: - The antecedent of a pronoun need not bind it, while the antecedent of an anaphor must bind it. - Principle C is violated if an R-expression is coindexed with another R-expression that c-commands it. - Sentences violating Principle C or A are ruled out by binding theory. - Determining which principles are violated in given sentences.

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Binding Quiz Answers

This document provides answers to a quiz on binding theory in linguistics. It defines antecedents and discusses principles of binding theory including: - The antecedent of a pronoun need not bind it, while the antecedent of an anaphor must bind it. - Principle C is violated if an R-expression is coindexed with another R-expression that c-commands it. - Sentences violating Principle C or A are ruled out by binding theory. - Determining which principles are violated in given sentences.

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Binding Theory Quiz Answers

Jean Mark Gawron

Linguistics 522
San Diego State University
[email protected]
http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/∼ gawro
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Antecedent

Assume the following definition of antecedent:

The antecedent of a pronoun or an anaphor


is an R-expression coindexed with it.

For example, John is the antecedent of he and himself


in:

(i) Johni thinks hei is a genius.


(ii) Johni likes himselfi a lot.

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Assume relative clauses are adjuncts
of nouns

NP

Det N

the N S

N NP VP

boo N V
k
N V
S: a relative clause
Joh wrote
n

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General directions

Answer true or false for each of the following.


Grammaticality judgments for examples have been
omitted because they are not relevant to answering
any of the questions (and to make it clear that the
answers do not DEPEND on the grammaticality
judgments).

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Pronoun antecedents

1. The antecedent of a pronoun must bind it.False


S

NP VP

NPi N V

N N V NP

N mothe like N
r s A non-binding antecedent.
John’ himi John’s does not C-command
s him.

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Anaphor antecedents

2. The antecedent of an anaphor must bind it. True


S

NP VP

NPi N V

N N V NP

N mothe like N
r s Impossibility of a non-binding
John’ himselfi antecedent
s

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Principle C

NPi VP

3. The binding theory rules out the N V


following sentence. True
N V S

Joh thinks NPi VP


John i thinks John i is a genius.
n
4. The example in (3) is a Princi- Joh V
ple C violation. True John C- n
V NPi
commands and is coindexed with
second John. is Det N

a N

geniu
s

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More True/False!

5. The binding theory rules out the following


sentence True

Hei thinks Johni is a genius.


6. The example in (5) is a Principle C violation.True

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Principle C Revisited

NP

Det N

7. The binding theory rules out N S


everythe following sentence False.
him cannot C-command anything N NP VP
outside its clause! on N V
e
N V NP
Everyone who meets himi ad-
mires John i . wh meet N
o s
N

him

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Binding theory decisions

8. Determine which of the following sentences the binding theory rules out and if a
sentence is ruled out, state which principle(s) is/are involved.

(a) Everyone who meets John i admires him i . In


(b) Every farmer who owns a donkeyi beats it i . In
(c) Every farmer who owns it i beats a donkeyi. In
(d) Himselfi likes John i . Out Prin C
Prin A
(e) Himself j likes John i. Out Prin A
(f) He i likes John i . Out Prin C
(g) John i likes her j picture of him i . Out Prin B

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