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What inner '''structure''' do pronouns have? If [[pronoun]]s are [[DP]]s, then where's the determiner? And what's up with this {{t|súna lıq}} = "you girls" construct? | What inner '''structure''' do pronouns have? If [[pronoun]]s are [[DP]]s, then where's the determiner? And what's up with this {{t|súna lıq}} = "you girls" construct? | ||
This proposal attempts to answer these questions. | |||
== High-level overview == | == High-level overview == | ||
As a casual learner of Toaq, all you need to know about this proposal is this: | As a casual learner of Toaq, all you need to know about this proposal is this: | ||
* We can think of pronouns as | * We can think of pronouns as [[determiner]]s, and allow things like {{t|súna lıq}} = "you girls". | ||
* This means the same thing as {{t|súna}} but with an added [[presupposition]] that {{t|lıq súna}}. | * This means the same thing as {{t|súna}} but with an added [[presupposition]] that {{t|lıq súna}}. | ||