Spatial anaphora in Hungarian
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2019/10/0043/000405Keywords:
anaphora, Hungarian, pronoun, PP, reflexiveAbstract
Hungarian employs reflexives in contexts of spatial anaphora to encode a referential dependency with clause-mate antecedents, and pronouns are generally unacceptable in the same configuration. This study shows that pronouns are also an option nevertheless in certain cases for most speakers, the major licensing factor being the distance between the antecedent and the figure located. Our results show that the constraints that govern the distribution of different types of pronominals in spatial anaphora in English are also relevant in Hungarian, albeit to a weaker degree.
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