Experimental Evidencefor a Predication-Based Binding Theory

This complementaritybreaksdown in certainconstructions.A casethat has generatedmuchtheoreticaldiscussionis picturenounphrases(PNPs)withoutpossessors,whereanaphorsand pronounsare reportedas equally grammatical(see example(2)). Thecomplementarydistributionputativelyreappearsoneitherof two conditions:(i) thereis a possessor in thepictureNP (see(3)), or (ii) thepictureNP is theargumentof a certainclassof accomplishment verbsthatbring thePNPinto existence(see(4)).1

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