Anaphoric islands
*Postings on anaphoric islands:
☛ AZ,10/20/07: More fun with VPE:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/myl/languagelog/archives/005043.html]
history of the Anaphoric Island Constraint
☛ 10/16/09: Ellipsis on an island:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2009/10/16/ellipsis-on-an-island/]
“They cleared me for practice that Thursday. I probably shouldn’t have.”
☛ 4/23/11: Porn name up for grabs:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/04/23/porn-name-up-for-grabs/]
“Tony Buff (who is both buff and in the buff) and Brandon Bangs (who does)”
☛ 4/17/12: Anaphora in the park:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/04/17/anaphora-in-the-park/]
“If your DOG / does a POO / Please put it / In a litter bin.”
☛ 7/21/12: The sound in your head:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/07/21/the-sound-in-your-head/]
reference to: Ward, Gregory; Richard Sproat; & Gail McKoon. 1991. A pragmatic analysis of so-called anaphoric islands. Lg 67.3.439-74.
☛ 8/11/12: Proper anaphoric islands:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/08/11/proper-anaphoric-islands/]
“the U.S.S. Wisconsin – which just happens to be Ryan’s home state”
☛ 5/12/15: Anaphora “into” the word French:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/05/12/anaphora-into-the-word-french/]
“And French poets, of whom I published a volume of translations last year. Had I not received a Fulbright and gone to live there for some years…”
☛ 5/27/15: Double anaphoric difficulties:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/05/27/double-anaphoric-difficulties/]
“Despite being one of the world’s leading oil producers, Nigerians have lined up miserably at gas stations”
☛ 5/9/16: Escorts, rentboys, male hustlers:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/09/escorts-rentboys-male-hustlers/]
“I never escorted nor hired one”
☛ 5/18/16: VPEway over the line:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/18/vpe-way-over-the-line/]
relation of VPE exx. to anaphoric islands
☛ 8/20/18: Anaphora into proper names:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/08/20/anaphora-into-proper-names/]
““Margaritaville” was playing over the sound system, so she ordered one.”
proper anaphoric islands as puns
☛ 12/11/18: Smoke from an island:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/12/11/smoke-from-an-island/]
analysis of “I don’t think that non-smokers should have to put up with people who do”; announcement of a Page of examples
☛ 12/12/18: Prosthetics on an anaphoric island:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/12/12/prosthetics-on-an-anaphoric-island/]
analysis of a complex playful example from the Economist
☛ 1/18/19: Playful anaphoric islanding:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/01/18/playful-anaphoric-islanding/]
playful example
☛ 6/14/20: Annals of the AIC: the African American vote:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/06/14/annals-of-the-aic-the-african-american-vote/]
example from Ali Velshi on MSNBC
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