Minimal pronouns, logophoricity, and long-distance reflexivisation in Avar

Rudnev, Pavel. 2017. “Minimal pronouns, logophoricity, and long-distance reflexivisation in Avar,” Studia Linguistica (71: 1–2), pp. 154–177.

doi:10.1111/stul.12066

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This paper discusses two morphologically related anaphoric pronouns in Avar (Avar-Andic, Nakh-Daghestanian) and proposes that one of them should be treated as a minimal pronoun that receives its interpretation from a λ-operator situated on a phasal head whereas the other is a logophoric pronoun denoting the author of the reported event.

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