French Studies Publications
Title
NP Versus DP Reflexives: Evidence from Malagasy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2004
Volume
43
Issue
1
Journal
Oceanic Linguistics
First Page
32
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ol.2004.0015
Last Page
48
Abstract
This article examines the Malagasy anaphor tena ‘body’. It is shown that this anaphor is a bare noun (NP) and therefore has a highly restricted distribution. Tena is then contrasted with another anaphor-like element, ny tenany ‘her/his body’. It is argued that ny tenany is not an anaphor, per se, but a complex nominal (DP) with a possessive pronoun that need not be bound.
