Aspects of logophoric marking

Abstract

Logophoric pronouns are used to refer to the person whose words, thoughts, knowledge, or emotions are being reported in a stretch of discourse, the logophoric domain. Pure logophoric languages are languages in which these pronouns have only the logophoric use, and not other reflexive or emphatic uses. In examining the available data on pure logophoric languages, it can be seen that different languages indicate logophoric domains in different cir-cumstances. The goal of this paper is to examine the heretofore unnoticed patterns in the cross-linguistic variation in the marking of logophoric domains and to explain those patterns. One major property of logophoric marking to be considered is a semantic/ pragmatic hierarchy of predicates licensing logophoric marking. This hierarchy has been hypothesized but never demonstrated until now. It will also be shown that the putative logophoric use of reflexives is a phenomenon distinct from true logophoricity, contrary to the widespread view in the literature. © Walter de Gruyter