ABSTRACT

This chapter addresses itself to the question of whether interreference is predictable in terms of grammatical semantics, as in the case of co-reference. Although both phenomena appear to be very similar, the result is that the rule predicting interreference has to be formulated as a pragmatic rule. Therefore, we can only generalise about both rules on a pragmatic level, which entails that the grammatical theory must be a sub-theory of linguistic pragmatics. Anaphoric relations can occur under various circumstances. The relation of the determiners to other parts of grammar, in particular relativisation and predication, is also investigated. Some attention is also given to quantifiers. In the spirit of pluralism, there is no single paradigm unifying all the papers, rather, the volume reflects elements of the Extended Standard Theory, Generative Semantics, Montague Grammar, Pragmatics and Speech Act Theory.