Binding Principle for Long-distance Anaphors

Abstract

This paper deals with long-distance anaphora, a binding phenomenon in which reflexives find their antecedents outside their local domain. I introduce various syntactic approaches to the phenomenon: Binding-domain parametrizing approach, Governing category parametrizing approach, SUBJECT parametrizing approach and Anaphor movement approach. I show that they cannot fully account for the long-distance anaphora. I suggest that semantic or thematic consideration are to be taken to give a full account for the long-distance anaphora.