Rosanne Pelletier (Yale University)
This paper focuses on case facts in `double reflexive' (DR) and reciprocal nominals in the Dravidian language Telugu, and demonstrates that these nominals must be classified as predicational rather than anaphoric. In addition to predicting the full array of case facts within the Telugu DR and reciprocal nominals -- case agreement of the head, ECM of the specifier -- the predication analysis also brings crucial evidence to bear on theoretical questions concerning nominal predication, including the internal structure of DPs. The analysis also augments our understanding of the typology of complex predication, as well as the typology of reflexive/reciprocal expression.