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The Derivation of Anaphoric Relations resolves a conspicuous problem for Minimalist theory, the apparently representational nature of the binding
conditions. Hicks adduces a broad variety of evidence against ...
The Derivation of Anaphoric Relations resolves a conspicuous problem for Minimalist theory, the apparently representational nature of the binding
conditions. Hicks adduces a broad variety of evidence against the binding conditions applying at LF and builds upon the insights of recent proposals by
Hornstein, Kayne, and Reuland by reducing them to the core narrow-syntactic operations (specifically, Agree and Merge).
Several novel and independently motivated claims about syntactic features and phases are made, not only explaining the previously stipulated roles played
by c-command, reference, and locality, but furnishing the derivational binding theory with sufficient flexibility to capture some long-problematic
empirical phenomena: these include connectivity effects, 'picture-noun' reflexives in English, and anaphor/pronoun non-complementarity.
Specific proposals are also made for extending the derivational approach to accommodate structured cross linguistic variation in binding, with thorough
expositions and analyses of the Dutch, Norwegian, and Icelandic pronominal systems.
