caa a22 4500 475781988 CHVBK 20180406123647.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1006333217013 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1006333217013 Epithets [Elektronische Daten] [Joseph Aoun, Lina Choueiri] Epithet phrases in Lebanese Arabiccan occur as resumptive elementsand as bound variablesonly when they appear with a pronominalmorpheme that can be used anaphorically.Based on this generalization, we arguethat epithet phrases are notintrinsically pronominal. Rather, it isthe anaphoric pronominal element whichoccurs with those epithet phrases thataccounts for their pronominal behavior.We discuss the cross-linguisticconsequences of this claim by examiningthe behavior of epithet phrases in alanguage, Moroccan Arabic, where epithetphrases cannot be used anaphorically asbound variables or as resumptive elements.Furthermore, the distributionof epithet phrases is regulated by a constraintthat prevents these elementsfrom being linked to the most local operator.This restriction is responsiblefor the limited distribution of resumptiveepithet phrases, and its effects couldmislead one into assuming that epithetphrases cannot be used as resumptiveelements. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Aoun Joseph Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, GFS 301, 90089-1693, Los Angeles, CA aut Choueiri Lina Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, GFS 301, 90089-1693, Los Angeles, CA aut Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(2000-02-01), 1-39 0167-806X 18:1<1 2000 18 11049 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006333217013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006333217013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aoun Joseph Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, GFS 301, 90089-1693, Los Angeles, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Choueiri Lina Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, GFS 301, 90089-1693, Los Angeles, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(2000-02-01), 1-39 0167-806X 18:1<1 2000 18 11049 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer