Long Distance Reflexives

这项资助将继续支持跨语言的远距离自反研究。长距离反身是一种反身形式，它可以将先行词带出其局部域（支配范畴）。例如，在下面的汉语例句中，反身反身既可以指补语从句的主语，也可以指矩阵从句的主语：Zhangsan renwei Mali piping ziji Zhangsan认为Mary批评了自己（Zhangsan认为Mary批评了自己）。这个项目的重点是在经验上确定一个反身可以成为远距离反身的条件，以及与远距离反身发生相关的属性。第二个目标是发展一种理论来预测什么时候一个自反会远距离传播并具有这些特性。该项目涉及新加坡和马来西亚大学的三位pi和三位合作同事之间的合作。研究的一个主要的、新的重点将是确定哪些长距离反身条件在本质上是合乎语法的，哪些是由话语原则（如词义性）产生的。pi还将检查语法和语篇之间的相互作用是否在所有语言中都是相同的，或者语言是否表现出不同的语法和语篇条件混合。

This grant supports the continuation of collaborative, cross linguistic research on long distance reflexives. Long distance reflexives are reflexive forms which can take antecedents outside of their local domain (governing category). For instance, in the example below from Mandarin the reflexive can refer to either the subject of the complement clause or of the matrix clause: Zhangsan renwei Mali piping ziji Zhangsan thinks Mary criticized self 'Zhangsan thinks that Mary criticized him/herself.' The focus of this project is on determining empirically the conditions under which a reflexive can be long distance and the properties that correlate with the occurrence of long distance reflexives. A second goal is to develop a theory that will predict when a reflexive will be long distance and will have these properties. The project involves collaboration among three PIs and three cooperating colleagues at universities in Singapore and Malaysia. A major, new focus of research will be on determining which of the conditions on long distance reflexives are grammatical in nature and which derive from principles of discourse such as logophoricity. The PIs will also examine whether the interaction between grammar and discourse is the same in all languages or whether languages exhibit different mixtures of grammatical and discourse conditions.