Abstract
Pronouns in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec (SLQZ), an Otomanguean language of southern Mexico, are subject to Principle C, rather than Principle B, and resist A' as well as A-binding. However, they may be coreferenced with ccommanding lexical demonstratives. Demonstratives crosslinguistically show anomalous coreference behavior; this paper shows that SLQZ pronouns are themselves nonquantificational demonstratives. This proposal will also shed light on the debate over whether demonstratives should be classified as quantificational or nonquantificational: I will argue that SLQZ shows that both types exist, and their quantification properties (or lack of them) are responsible for the possible coreference relations between them.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Felicia
(2003)
"Demonstrative pseudo-binding in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec,"
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/sula/vol2/iss1/5