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Within the current framework of the Extended Standard Theory of generative grammar, the Government-Binding theory (henceforth GB) of Chomsky 1981, two lexical NPs are interpreted as having the same intended reference if they bear the same index. Under an optimally simple formulation, coindexing is achieved by a rule “index NP”. Thus there is no special rule of coindexing or any special prohibition against coindexing by the basic indexing rule (see Freidin and Lasnik 1981 for discussion). This rule generates representations of sentences where lexical NPs are interpreted as coreferential as in (1–3).
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Freidin, R. (1986). Fundamental Issues in the Theory of Binding. In: Lust, B. (eds) Studies in the Acquisition of Anaphora. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4548-7_4
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