‘Csak neki’ or ‘csak annak’? Back-reference to [-human] antecedents in Hungarian

Barna Gréta

The presentation discusses the results of a survey which examines back-reference to [-HUMAN] singular and plural antecedents where the co-referring pronoun in each sentence is in focus position. The main research question is: Is it possible for a [+HUMAN] pronoun, which is focused, to refer to a [-HUMAN] antecedent?