Complex anaphors
Noa Bassel
August 2024 

Complex anaphors such as English x-self exhibit at least three levels of cross-linguistic regularities. On the morphological level, they show a typical construction that combines a distinct pronominal element with a morpheme of a predictable etymological source (a body part terms or an emphatic element). On the syntactic level, the distribution of anaphors is complementarity with pronouns in some but not all environments. On the conceptual level, complex anaphors share their semantic function with a class of other elements - (simple anaphors, reflexive verbs) and are often used themselves as intensifiers (as in, 'The queen HERSELF came to our party'). This thesis asks what ties these properties together and offers an minimalist analysis.

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Published in:	PhD dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
keywords:	binding, anaphors, intensifiers, pronouns, morphology, syntax, reflexivity
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