Theory of binding Book

 
TOWARDS AN ALTERNATIVE
THEORY OF BINDING
Abhilasha Jain
and
B.N. Patnaik
Section VI
Below we list the personal pronouns in Hindi:
(156)

    
The following sentences support the observations made above about pronoun-antecedent relationship and the binding domain of pronouns:
(157) (i) ram ne usko dekha
    ram CM him see+PAST
    (Ram saw him)

(ii) *ram ne usko dekha
         i         i
     ram CM him see+PAST
(158) (i) ram ko voh pasand hai
    ram CM he like+PRES
    (Ram likes him.)

(ii) *ram ko voh pasand hai
         i         i
     ram CM he like+PRES
(159) (i) usne ram ko ek kitab di
    he ram CM one book give+PAST
    (He gave Ram a book.)

(ii) *usne ram ko ek kitab di
         i         i
     he ram CM one book give+PAST
(160) (i) ram ne uski kitab pari
    ram CM his book read+PAST
    (Ram read his book.)

(ii) *ram ne uski kitab pari
         i         i
     ram CM his book read+PAST
(161) (i) ram ne mohan ko uski kitab di
                  j           j
    ram CM mohan CM his book give+PAST
    (Ram gave Mohan his book)

(ii) *ram ne mohan ko uski kitab di
        i                        i
     ram CM mohan CM his book give+PAST
(162) (i) ram ko mohan ka uske ghar jana pasand
       I                     I
    ram CM mohan CM his house go+Nom like
    nahi hai
    NEG be+PRES
    (                        )
(163)
(164)
(165)
(166) ram ne mohan ko bataya ki uske pita
i             j                       i,j,k
ram CM mohan CM tell+PAST COMP his father
shyam se mile the
     k
shyam CM meet+PAST
(Ram told Mohan that his father had met Shyam)
 
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