Abstract
The unavailability of the experiencer reading of English have when its subject is coindexed with a logophor in the complement is shown to be the result of a particular licensing condition on the experiencer and locative readings of have. The experiencer or location subject of have must bind a [+R] variable in its complement. Logophors, while variables, are not [+R] in the binding theory as presented in Reinhart and Reuland (1993); hence the experiencer or location reading is not licensed. More broadly, the result supports the proposals of Ritter and Rosen (1997) and Belvin (1993, 1996) that have is a predicate whose interpretation depends upon the nature of and relations between its arguments.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 75-84 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Lingua |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| State | Published - Nov 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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In: Lingua, Vol. 103, No. 2-3, 11.1997, p. 75-84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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