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48 CARMEN DOBROVIE-SORINanaphoric status to me, whereas in (7b) principle A is violated, and this assignsa pronominal status to me. Compare <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> se, which is inherently markedas an anaphor and as such must obey principle A ((7d) is ruled out because itviolates principle A).The distinction between contextual and intrinsic anaphors is particularlyclear if we consider <strong>the</strong>ir relation to principle A. This principle has <strong>the</strong> status <strong>of</strong>a well-formedness condition on intrinsic anaphors; contextual anaphors, on <strong>the</strong>o<strong>the</strong>r hand, are not constrained by this principle but ra<strong>the</strong>r are defined by it. In(8), <strong>the</strong> term "pronoun" is used in <strong>the</strong> grammatical sense, that is, "an elementthat stands for a nominal expression"; it is neutral with respect to <strong>the</strong> GBdistinction between pronouns and anaphors:(8) A contextual anaphor is a pronoun that obeys principle A.Let us now come back to <strong>the</strong> null subjects <strong>of</strong> subjunctives in <strong>Balkan</strong> languages.Clearly, <strong>the</strong>y differ from se and behave much like me/te:(9) a. Vreau pro- t sa piece pro; maine. Rom[I] want sa leave-3SG/PL.SUBJ tomorrow'I want him/her/<strong>the</strong>m to leave tomorrow.'b. Eu a!j vrea ca lonj sa piece maine, darI would like that John sa leave-3SG.SUBJ tomorrow, butMaria; vrea neaparat sa piece P ro i/j poirndine.Mary wants very much sa leave-3SG.SUBJ after tomorrow'I would like John to leave tomorrow, but Mary wantsvery much him/her to leave <strong>the</strong> day after tomorrow.'c. Eu a§ vrea ca loiij sa plece maine, darI would like that John sa leave-3SG.SUBJ tomorrow, butMaria; m -a convins caMary me-CL.ACC have-3SG convince-PART thattrebuie sa piece P ro i/j poirndine.must sa leave-3SG.SUBJ after tomorrow'I would like John to leave tomorrow, but Mary convinced me tha<strong>the</strong>/she must leave <strong>the</strong> day after tomorrow.'(10) a. Dua pro i re shkoje pro; neser. Alb(I) want te leave-3SG tomorrow.T want him/her to leave tomorrow.'b. Une do doja qe Beni te shkoje neser.I would like that Beni te leave-3SG tomorrow'I would like Beni to leave tomorrow.'(11) Qdo nu fiyunefiyune. Grk[I] want na leave-3PLI want <strong>the</strong>m to leave.'

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