Abstract
Aoun and Li’s account of various facts of Chinese pronoun usage depends on a peculiar but widespread notion of linguistic scope. I will first address the general notion of scope in natural language, and then treat their analysis in the light of the conclusions drawn.
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Williams, E. (1996). Remarks on Linguistic Scope Comments on Aoun and Li’s Paper. In: Freidin, R. (eds) Current Issues in Comparative Grammar. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0135-3_17
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