Van der Sandt's (1992) binding-as-anaphora theory treats accommodation as a last resort on a preference hierarchy, not a logical impossibility, contradicting the claim that accommodation is unavailable rather than merely dispreferred for pronouns.
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Van der Sandt(The person whose binding theory is being discussed)
A linguist and philosopher who developed theories about how language works, particularly about how words and phrases relate to each other in sentences.
accommodation(Binding theory of presupposition)
The introduction of a new discourse referent into the discourse representation structure (DRS) when no suitable existing referent is available to bind a presupposition trigger.
logical impossibility(describes the problem Kant supposedly identified)
Something that cannot exist or be true because it breaks the rules of logic—like a square circle or a married bachelor.