Pronouns, reconstruction, cross-sentential anaphora

Jacobson has argued for interpreting pronouns as identity functions, rather than free variables. This paper shows that the proposal extends to cross-sentential anaphora, without invoking abstraction over assignments. Two ways of combining Jacobson with DMG are considered, both involving just minimal modifications. In attempt (A), sentences with indefinites have a built-in duplicator; in attempt (B), binding happens on-line, in the course of dynamic conjunction. "Reconstruction", which does not need on-line binding, is shown to be easier than cross- sentential anaphora.

Anna Szabolcsi