Open AccessSubject domain restriction and reference-tracking
Author(s) -
Andrew McKenzie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5951
pISSN - 2163-5943
DOI - 10.3765/salt.v0i20.2575
Subject(s) - computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , reference model , variety (cybernetics) , tracking (education) , subject (documents) , resource (disambiguation) , reference data , phenomenon , reference frame , track (disk drive) , artificial intelligence , natural language processing , data mining , world wide web , psychology , telecommunications , epistemology , mathematics , software engineering , mathematical analysis , pedagogy , computer network , philosophy , frame (networking) , operating system
This paper addresses a question: How does reference-tracking work with non-referential items? Specifically, it explores switch-reference, which typically tracks subjects, in the endangered Kiowa language (of Oklahoma). In it, I propose that switch-reference does not track reference of subjects at all; instead, it tracks the domain restricting resource situation of the subject. This proposal explains a wide variety of switch-reference facts in Kiowa, and the paper brings to light new data that elucidates our understanding of this reference-tracking phenomenon, and perhaps others like it.