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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? | ||
== Personal pronouns == | == High-level overview == | ||
As a speaker, all you need to know about this proposal is this: | |||
* We can think of pronouns as determiners, and allow things like {{t|jí Toaqpoq}} = "a Toaqpoq such as me". | |||
* This means the same thing as {{t|jí}} but presupposes that the speaker is a Toaqpoq. | |||
== Underlying [[syntax]] == | |||
=== Personal pronouns === | |||
Officially, we know that ⟦ {{t|jí}} ⟧<sup>g,c</sup> = speaker(c). | Officially, we know that ⟦ {{t|jí}} ⟧<sup>g,c</sup> = speaker(c). | ||
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There's a similar grammatical structure in English: in a sentence like "Will ''you jerks'' shut up?" the word "jerks" doesn't limit the domain of "you" but merely adds a presupposition. | There's a similar grammatical structure in English: in a sentence like "Will ''you jerks'' shut up?" the word "jerks" doesn't limit the domain of "you" but merely adds a presupposition. | ||
== Anaphoric pronouns == | === Anaphoric pronouns === | ||
Officially, we know that ⟦ {{t|hó}}<sub>i</sub> ⟧<sup>g,c</sup> = g(i). | Officially, we know that ⟦ {{t|hó}}<sub>i</sub> ⟧<sup>g,c</sup> = g(i). | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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