Grammar of binding in the languages of the world: Unity versus diversity

E.J. Reuland

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.01.020

Grammar of binding in the languages of the world: Unity versus diversity

E.J. Reuland^*

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Abstract

Cole, Hermon, and Yanti (2015) present a number of far-reaching conclusions about language universals on the basis of their study of the anaphoric systems of the Austronesian languages of Indonesia. The pre- sent contribution critically assesses these conclusions. It reports a further set of data, and shows that con- tra to what these authors argue, the systems they discuss can be straightforwardly accounted for by a simple set of universal principles plus properties of the vocabulary of the languages involved. I conclude this article with some remarks on acquisition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	370-379
Journal	Cognition
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2016.01.020
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017

Keywords

Language universals
Linguistic theory
Binding theory
Austronesian languages
Methods

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