Anaphoricity and Logophoricity

Abstract

There are two approaches to an anaphor. One approach is that an anaphor is used either as an anaphor or a logophor according to the context. The other is that an anaphor is separated from a logophor. In this paper, I review and discuss several motivations for the division of the reflexive into an anaphor and a logophor. As evidence, I search for the properties of each. I conclude that an anaphor and a logophor co-exist in the Universal Grammar, showing different properties. That some African languages have a morphologically distinct set of pronouns to express the logophoricity gives a clue to my argument that an anaphor and a logophor exist separately in the Universal Grammar.