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coreferential

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coreferential [ˌkəʊrɛfəˈrɛnʃəl]
adj
(Linguistics) Philosophy (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
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Adj.1.coreferential - relating to coreference
co-referent
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If the construction is non-finite, the subject must not be realized (and it must be coreferential with the subject of the matrix clause); for instance, I deliberately didn't read the book before going to see the film (Collins Cobuild 1990: 348).
Natural syntax: English dependent clauses by Oresnik, Janez / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
and (c) possessive pronouns when coreferential to the subject: In (c) the possessive could also refer to some antecedent not mentioned in the sentence.
Pronominal usage in dialectal English by Viereck, Wolfgang / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
But not being coreferential with t1, the complementizer is not a proper governor; t1 therefore is not properly governed and for this very reason the sentence is ungrammatical.
Subject extraction in English: some problems of interpretation by Bergh, Gunnar / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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