Pre-nominal mí in San Martín Peras Mixtec.

Joint work with Jason Ostrove .

This work argues that the pre-nominal particle in combination with an NP in San Martín Peras Mixtec (Oto-Manguean, Oaxaca, Mexico) could be characterized as a definiteness marker. Further, occurs with pronouns, where it often receives a reflexive translation. Although ‘ + Pronoun’ usually requires a local antecedent, many occurrences couldn’t be characterized as reflexive, logophoric, or bound. We are currently investigating the question of what precisely the locality-constraints on its anaphoric behavior are.