Volume 5, Issue 3 (2014)
LRR 2014, 5(3): 213-288 |
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1- Ph.D. Student, Department of Linguistics, International Division, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
2- Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
2- Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract: (5471 Views)
A research on reference assignment points to two types of discourse-linked and non-discourse-linked referential status. To explain that whether or not the antecedent information previously existed in the discourse, this paper, by presenting testimonies and samples from the Persian language as well as using the Syntax-Discourse Model tries to determine that the reflexive and personal pronouns of Persian in some cases are discourse-linked. First, the paper introduces discourse-linked and non-discourse-linked referential status. Then, by comparing the Syntax-Discourse Model and Chomsky’s Binding Theory, the paper exemplifies cases to show that the Binding Theory not fruitful, at all, in explaining them and hence, take up the principles of Syntax-Discourse Model to explained and proved them
Keywords: Reference assignment, Discourse-linked, Non-discourse-linked, Syntax-discourse model, Binding theory
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