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			==Definition==
	Traditionally, an expression is a referential expression if it has a [[reference]], hence designates an individual in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which are associated with [[thematic role]]s such as [[Agent]], [[Theme]], etc. The set of arguments includes at least proper names (''John''), anaphors (''himself''), and pronouns (''he''). The notion of referentiality is involved in the analysis of idioms (''the bucket'' in the idiom ''he kicked the bucket'' is not referential), weather-predicates ( ''it'' in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden''). Referential expressions are not to be confused with so-called [[R-expressions]], i.e. NPs which are subject to condition C of the [[binding theory]] ('R-expressions must be free').		Traditionally, an expression is a referential expression if it has a [[reference]], hence designates an individual in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which are associated with [[thematic role]]s such as [[Agent]], [[Theme]], etc. The set of arguments includes at least proper names (''John''), anaphors (''himself''), and pronouns (''he''). The notion of referentiality is involved in the analysis of idioms (''the bucket'' in the idiom ''he kicked the bucket'' is not referential), weather-predicates ( ''it'' in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden''). Referential expressions are not to be confused with so-called [[R-expressions]], i.e. NPs which are subject to condition C of the [[binding theory]] ('R-expressions must be free').

	===See also===		==See also==
	*[[Referential index]]		*[[Referential index]]
	*[[Referential noun phrase]]		*[[Referential noun phrase]]

	=== Links ===		== Links ==
	[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>		*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>
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	Traditionally, an expression is a referential expression if it has a [[reference]], hence designates an individual in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which are associated with [[thematic role]]s such as [[Agent]], [[Theme]], etc. The set of arguments includes at least proper names (''John''), anaphors (''himself''), and pronouns (''he''). The notion of referentiality is involved in the analysis of idioms (''the bucket'' in the idiom ''he kicked the bucket'' is not referential), weather-predicates ( ''it'' in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden''). Referential expressions are not to be confused with so-called [[R-expressions]], i.e. NPs which are subject to condition C of the [[binding theory]] ('R-expressions must be free').		Traditionally, an expression is a referential expression if it has a [[reference]], hence designates an individual in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which are associated with [[thematic role]]s such as [[Agent]], [[Theme]], etc. The set of arguments includes at least proper names (''John''), anaphors (''himself''), and pronouns (''he''). The notion of referentiality is involved in the analysis of idioms (''the bucket'' in the idiom ''he kicked the bucket'' is not referential), weather-predicates ( ''it'' in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden''). Referential expressions are not to be confused with so-called [[R-expressions]], i.e. NPs which are subject to condition C of the [[binding theory]] ('R-expressions must be free').

			===See also===
			*[[Referential index]]
			*[[Referential noun phrase]]

	=== Links ===		=== Links ===
			[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>
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Traditionally, an expression is a referential expression if it has a [[reference]], hence designates an individual in some domain of [[interpretation]]. Recently the notion of a referential expression is equated with that of an [[argument]], arguments being the terms which are associated with [[thematic role]]s such as [[Agent]], [[Theme]], etc. The set of arguments includes at least proper names (''John''), anaphors (''himself''), and pronouns (''he''). The notion of referentiality is involved in the analysis of idioms (''the bucket'' in the idiom ''he kicked the bucket'' is not referential), weather-predicates ( ''it'' in ''it rains'' is quasi-referential) and expletives such as ''it'' (cf. ''it seems that he has gone'') and ''there'' (''there is a man in the garden''). Referential expressions are not to be confused with so-called [[R-expressions]], i.e. NPs which are subject to condition C of the [[binding theory]] ('R-expressions must be free').

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Referential+expression&lemmacode=328 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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