Abstract
Our analysis of discourse conditions on Long Distance (LD) reflexives is based primarily on the taxonomy of logophoricity of Sells, who, like many authors, has argued that the notion of logophoricity plays a crucial role in understanding the felicity conditions on the use of LD reflexives. This chapter focuses on Sells's taxonomy that provides a useful tool for explaining the differences between the conditions on LD reflexives in Mandarin and Teochew. Using Sells's diagnostics for PIVOT, SOURCE, and SELF, the chapter demonstrates that Mandarin and Teochew differ with regard to which logophoric requirements apply in the dialect: In both Mandarin and Teochew, PIVOT requirements apply to the choice of antecedent for a LD reflexive. It shows that Mandarin and Teochew differ with regard to whether subcommanding antecedents are possible for LD reflexives. Keywords: logophoricity; Long Distance (LD) reflexives; Mandarin; Sells; Teochew
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