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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Reflexive pronouns
I am independently studying linguistics, and today I read in my textbook about reflexive pronouns. To be legitimate, they must
1. Appear in exactly the same clauses as their antecedents, and
2. Be in the c-command of their antecedents.
If I understand correctly, that means that the following sentence is ungrammatical...
Is that true? It sounds like a well formed sentence to me, but apparently it's not.
1. Appear in exactly the same clauses as their antecedents, and
2. Be in the c-command of their antecedents.
If I understand correctly, that means that the following sentence is ungrammatical...
... because "He" does not appear in "the picture of himself was beautiful," which is a clause.
He thought that the picture of himself was beautiful.
Is that true? It sounds like a well formed sentence to me, but apparently it's not.
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It sounds OK to me, too. Perhaps the guidelines are too strict.
- It sounds OK to me, too.
- Perhaps the guidelines are too strict.
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It sounds OK to me, too. Perhaps the guidelines are too strict.
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