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Counting Objectis. A Dubious Constraint on Norwegian pronominalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Jon Erik Hagen
Jon Erik Hagen
Affiliation:
Nordisk Institutt, Postboks 23, 5014 Bergen-Universitet, Norway.
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Abstract

An interesting restriction on Norwegian identity-of-sense anaphoric reference when the anaphor occurs as second object is discussed. Fretheim (1974) proposed to account for this by a global rule constraining pronominalization in such contexts, and claimed that the necessity of this constraint renders any interpretive account of identity-of-sense anaphoric reference untenable. The present paper purports to demonstrate the contrary, that Fretheim's observations in fact provide support for an interpretive theory of identify-of-sense anaphora as far as Norwegian is concerned.

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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 1979 , pp. 1 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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