Journal of Universal Language

Sejong University Language Research Institue

J. Univers. Lang. 2004; 5(2):37-73

pISSN: 1598-6381

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.2004.5.2.37

Article

A Language Typology in Anaphoric Dependency: Evidence from Chinese, English, Japanese, Icelandic, and Korean

Soo-Yeon Kim¹

¹Sejong University

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Published Online: Jan 01, 2017

Abstract

This paper reviews the Prominence Hierarchy in Kim (1998, 2000a, 2000b) that were proposed to compute a different degree of preference when there is more than one option for anaphor interpretations. Employing the parameterized definition of a potential anaphor in a given language, this paper extends its basic spirit to interpretations of anaphors in other languages such as English, Icelandic, Japanese and Chinese.

Keywords: preference; acceptability; anaphors; dependency; prominence; intervention

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