So I was reading some examples about Government and Binding Theory the other day, and let me just say that I found this far too entertaining.
(1) The magazines were sent to Mary1’s mother by her1 (the idiot1, the idiot1 herself) yesterday.
(2) Money was hidden from Bill1's son by him1 (the bastard1, the bastard1 himself) yesterday.
(3) Tabs were kept on Bill1's workers by him1 (the idiot1, the idiot1 himself) last year.
(the little numbers mean things are coreferential) I'm not really sure what it all means (I think it's about substituting the nouns and the reflexives for the pronouns), but it makes me happy.
Posted by linnea at October 31, 2006 9:53 AM