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Binding cross-linguistically[edit]

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The type of binding that applies to subsets of pronouns varies cross-linguistically. For instance, in German linguistics, pronouns can be split into two distinct categories — personal pronouns and d-pronouns. Although personal pronouns act identically to that of English personal pronouns (i.e. follow Principle B), d-pronouns follow yet another principle, Principle C, and function similarly to nouns in that they cannot have a direct relationship to an antecedent.^[7]

Antecedents[edit]

The following sentences give examples of particular types of pronouns used with antecedents:

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  Third-person personal pronouns:
  
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