Ch. 5 Binding Theory

Question 1

R-expression

Answer 1

An NP that gets it meaning by referring to an entity in the world

Question 2

Anaphor

Answer 2

An NP that obligatorily gets it meaning from another NP in the sentence.

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

An NP that may (but need not) gets its meaning from another NP in the sentence.

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

The element that binds a pronoun, anaphor, or R-expression. When this element c-commands another coindexed NP, it is a binder of the NP.

Question 5

Index

Answer 5

A subscript mark that indicates what an NP refers to

Question 6

Coindexed

Answer 6

Two NPs that have the same index

Question 7

Corefer

Answer 7

Two NPs that are coindexed

Question 8

Binding

Answer 8

A binds B if and only if A c-commands B and A and B are coindexed. A is the binder , B is in the bindee.

Question 9

Locality Constraint

Answer 9

A constraint on the grammer, such that two syntactic entites must be “local” or near to one another.

Question 10

Binding Domain

Answer 10

The clause (for our Purposes).

Question 11

Free

Answer 11

not bound

Question 12

Binding Principle A

Answer 12

An anaphor must be bound in its binding domain

Question 13

Binding Principle B

Answer 13

A pronoun must be free in its binding domain

Question 14

Binding Principle C

Answer 14

An R-expression must be free.